Matthew 5:3

Free Bible Version

“Blessed are those who recognize they are spiritually poor, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12

In his misery, he asked the Lord God for help, repenting for his arrogance before the God of his forefathers.

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer and how God answered him, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he admitted he was wrong, are recorded in the Records of the Seers.

2 Chronicles 33:23

However, he did not admit his pride before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done—in fact Amon made his guilt even worse.

2 Chronicles 34:27

because you were receptive and repentant before God when you heard his warnings against this place and against its people, and because you have repented, tearing your clothes and weeping before me, I have also heard you, declares the Lord.

2 Chronicles 7:14

and if my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray and return to me, and turn away from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sins, and heal their land.

Job 42:6

That is why I'm sorry for what I said, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

Psalm 1:1

Happy are those who don't follow the advice of the wicked. They refuse to adopt the ways of sinful people, and they don't make fun of others.

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord! Happy are those who respect the Lord, who love to do what he says!

Psalm 128:1

Happy are all those who worship the Lord, everyone who follows his ways!

Psalm 146:5

Happy are those who have the God of Jacob to help them—their hope is in the Lord their God—

Psalm 2:12

Submit to his son so that he will not become angry and you die suddenly. His anger flares up quickly, but how happy are all those who go to him for protection.

Psalm 34:18

The Lord is close beside those who are broken-hearted; he saves those whose spirits are crushed.

Psalm 41:1

How happy are those who take care of the poor! When they are in trouble the Lord will save them.

Psalm 51:17

The “sacrifices” that God wants are on the inside—the brokenness of repentance. God won't reject a broken and sorrowful heart.

Psalm 84:12

Lord Almighty, how happy are those who trust in you.

Proverbs 16:19

Better to have a humble spirit and live with the poor than to share plunder with the proud.

Proverbs 29:23

If you're proud, you'll be humiliated; but if you're humble, you'll be honored.

Proverbs 8:32

And now, my sons, listen to me, for happy are those who follow my ways.

Isaiah 30:18

So the Lord waits, wanting to be kind to you, ready to act to show you mercy, for the Lord is a God who does what is right. All who wait for him are blessed.

Isaiah 57:15

This is what the one who is high above all says, he who lives in eternity, whose name is holy: I live in a high and holy place, together with those who repent and who act humbly, restoring their spirits and encouraging them.

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord God is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to announce liberation to the captives, to set the prisoners free,

Isaiah 66:2

I made everything; that's how it all came into existence, says the Lord. Those I look favorably on are humble and repentant, and they tremble when I speak.

Micah 6:8

The Lord has told you what is good, and what the Lord asks from you: to do what is right, to love kindness, and to walk in humility with your God.

Matthew 11:25

Then Jesus prayed, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for you've hidden these things from the clever and sophisticated. Instead you've revealed them to ordinary people.

Matthew 11:6

Blessed are those who don't reject me!”

Matthew 13:16

Your eyes are blessed, for they see. Your ears are blessed too, for they hear.

Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me. Don't stop them. The kingdom of heaven belongs to those who are like them!”

Matthew 24:46

How good it will be for that servant to be found doing that when his master returns!

Matthew 25:34

Then the king will say to the ones on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, and inherit the kingdom that's been prepared for you from the beginning of the world.

Matthew 3:2

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has arrived!”

Matthew 8:11

I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:14

But when Jesus saw what they were doing, he became very upset and told them, “Let the children come to me! Don't stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children.

Luke 11:28

But Jesus said, “Even more blessed are those who hear God's word, and follow what it says.”

Luke 18:14

I tell you, it was this man who went home right in God's sight and not the other. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, while those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Luke 22:29

And I grant to you authority to rule, just as my Father granted it to me,

Luke 22:30

so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to announce good news to the destitute. He has sent me to proclaim that prisoners will be released, the blind will see, the oppressed will be freed,

John 20:29

“You trust in me because you've seen me,” Jesus told him. “Happy are those that haven't seen me yet still trust in me.”

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how for these forty years the Lord your God has led you all the way through the desert, humbling you and testing you in order to find out what you were really thinking, and whether or not you would keep his commandments.

James 1:10

while the rich should “boast” in the humble position they now have, since they will fade away like flowers in the field.

James 1:12

Happy is anyone who patiently endures temptation, for when they've proved that they are trustworthy, they will receive the crown of life which God promises to those who love him.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear friends: Didn't God choose those who the world considers poor to be rich in their trust in him, and to inherit the kingdom he promised to those who love him?

Revelation 19:9

The angel told me, “Write this down: How happy are those who are invited to the Lamb's wedding feast.” Then he said to me, “These are God's true words.”

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who wash their robes so that they have the right to the tree of life, and can enter into the city through the gates.

Revelation 3:17

You say to yourselves, ‘I'm rich, I have wealth, and don't need anything.’ But you don't know that you are miserable and pitiful and poor and blind and naked.