Matthew 5:3

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Cross References

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 29:23

Humiliation followeth the proud: and glory shall uphold the humble of spirit.

Psalm 34:18

I will give thanks to thee in a great church; I will praise thee in a strong people.

Proverbs 16:19

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

Luke 18:14

I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather that the other: because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

2 Chronicles 7:14

And my people, upon whom my name is called, being converted, shall make supplication to me, and seek out my face, and do penance for their most wicked ways: then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins and will heal their land.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus saith the High and the Eminent that inhabiteth eternity. And his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place and with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite.

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?

Isaiah 61:1

THE spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me. He hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives and deliverance to them that are shut up:

2 Chronicles 34:27

And thy heart was softened, and thou hast humbled thyself in the sight of God for the things that are spoken against this place, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and reverencing my face, hast rent thy garments, and wept before me: I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.

Micah 6:8

I will shew thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: Verily, to do judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk solicitous with thy God.

Luke 11:28

But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord.

Psalm 1:1

Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence:

Job 42:6

Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to the little ones.

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,

Mark 10:14

Whom when Jesus saw, he was much displeased, and saith to them: Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.

Matthew 13:16

But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore the Lord waiteth that be may have mercy on you, and therefore shall he be exalted sparing you: because the Lord is the God of judgment. Blessed are all they that wait for him.

Psalm 146:5

Great is our Lord, and great is his power: and of his wisdom there is no number.

2 Chronicles 33:12

And after that he was in distress he prayed to the Lord his God: and did penance exceedingly before the God of his fathers.

Psalm 41:1

Unto the end, understanding for the sons of Core.

Psalm 2:12

Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way:

2 Chronicles 33:23

And he did not humble himself before the Lord, as Manasses his father had humbled himself, but committed far greater sins.

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.

John 20:29

Jesus saith to him: Because thou hast seen me, Thomas, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and have believed.

Matthew 24:46

Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing.

Psalm 84:12

Truth is sprung out of the earth: and justice hath looked down from heaven.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And thou shalt remember all the way through which the Lord thy God hath brought thee for forty years through the desert, to afflict thee and to prove thee: and that the things that were in thy heart might be made known, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments or no.

James 1:10

And the rich, in his being low; because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away.

Proverbs 8:32

Now therefore, ye children, hear me: Blessed are they that keep my ways.

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer also, and his being heard, and all his sins, and contempt, and places wherein he built high places, and set up groves, and statues before he did penance, are written in the words of Hozai.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are they that wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb: that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

Revelation 19:9

And he said to me: Write: Blessed are they that are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith to me: These words of God are true.

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.

Psalm 128:1

A gradual canticle. Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.

Matthew 11:6

And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me.

Matthew 8:11

And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven:

Matthew 3:2

And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said to them: Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me: for the kingdom of heaven is for such.

Luke 22:29

And I dispose to you, as my Father hath disposed to me, a kingdom;

Luke 22:30

That you may eat and drink at my table, in my kingdom: and may sit upon thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Revelation 3:17

Because thou sayest: I am rich, and made wealthy, and have need of nothing: and knowest not, that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.