Matthew 5:4

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.

Cross References

Revelation 21:4

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away.

Isaiah 57:18

I saw his ways, and I healed him and brought him back, and restored comforts to him and to them that mourn for him.

Luke 6:21

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for you shall laugh.

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.

Isaiah 25:8

He shall cast death down headlong forever. And the Lord God shall wipe away tears from every face. And the reproach of his people he shall take away from off the whole earth. For the Lord hath spoken it.

Isaiah 66:10

Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad with her, all you that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you that mourn for her.

Ezekiel 9:4

And the Lord said to him: Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and mark Thau upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and mourn for all the abominations that are committed in the midst thereof.

Isaiah 35:10

And the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and shall come into Sion with praise: and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness: and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Isaiah 30:19

For the people of Sion shall dwell in Jerusalem. Weeping thou shalt not weep: he will surely have pity on thee. At the voice of thy cry, as soon as he shall hear, he will answer thee.

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.

Ezekiel 7:16

And such of them as shall flee shall escape: and they shall be in the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them trembling, every one for his iniquity.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you that are filled: for you shall hunger. Woe to you that now laugh: for you shall mourn and weep.

Isaiah 12:1

AND thou shalt say in that day: I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, for thou wast angry with me. Thy wrath is turned away: and thou hast comforted me.

Luke 7:50

And he said to the woman: Thy faith hath made thee safe, go in peace.

Luke 7:38

And standing behind at his feet, she began to wash his feet, with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

Zechariah 12:10

And I will pour out upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace, and of prayers: and they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced: and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for an only son, and they shall grieve over him, as the manner is to grieve for the death of the firstborn.

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?