Luke 6:20

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Cross References

James 2:5

Hearken, my dearest brethren: hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that being rich he became poor, for your sakes; that through his poverty you might be rich.

Luke 12:32

Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom.

Matthew 25:34

Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Revelation 2:9

I know thy tribulation and thy poverty, but thou art rich: and thou art blasphemed by them that say they are Jews and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

2 Corinthians 6:10

As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as needy, yet enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

Zephaniah 3:12

And I will leave in the midst of thee a poor and needy people: and they shall hope in the name of the Lord.

Isaiah 29:19

And the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord: and the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been proved, he shall receive a crown of life, which God hath promised to them that love him.

2 Thessalonians 1:5

For an example of the just judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which also you suffer.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you became followers of us, and of the Lord; receiving the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

2 Corinthians 8:2

That in much experience of tribulation, they have had abundance of joy; and their very deep poverty hath abounded unto the riches of their simplicity.

Acts 14:22

And when they had ordained to them priests in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.

Luke 14:15

When one of them that sat at table with him, had heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Luke 13:28

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart,

Matthew 11:5

The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Zechariah 11:11

And it was made void in that day: and so the poor of the flock that keep for me, understood that it is the word of the Lord.

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made all these things, and all these things were made, saith the Lord. But to whom shall I have respect, but to him that is poor and little and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my words?

Proverbs 19:1

Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips, and unwise.

Proverbs 16:19

It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill: that he may sit with princes, and hold the throne of glory. For the poles of the earth are the Lord's, and upon them he hath set the world.

Luke 16:25

And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things, but now he is comforted; and thou art tormented.

Psalm 37:16

For in thee, O Lord, have I hoped: thou wilt hear me, O Lord my God.

Matthew 5:1

AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was set down, his disciples came unto him.