Luke 6:20

Legacy Standard Bible

And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, “Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Cross References

Psalm 37:16

¶Better is the little of the righteous Than the abundance of many wicked.

Proverbs 16:19

It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity Than he who is crooked in lips and is a fool.

Isaiah 29:19

The afflicted also will increase their gladness in Yahweh, And the needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 66:2

“For My hand made all these things, Thus all these things came into being,” declares Yahweh. “But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

Zephaniah 3:12

“But I will cause to remain in your midst A lowly and poor people, And they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.

Zechariah 11:11

So it was broken on that day, and thus the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of Yahweh.

Matthew 11:5

the blind receive sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Matthew 25:34

“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom, which has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Matthew 5:1

Now when Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him.

Luke 12:32

Do not fear, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

Luke 13:28

In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being cast out.

Luke 14:15

But when one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things. But now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovery of sight to the blind, To set free those who are oppressed,

Acts 14:22

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, “Through many afflictions we must enter the kingdom of God.”

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful but always rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

2 Corinthians 8:2

that in a great testing by affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the richness of their generosity.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though being rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

2 Thessalonians 1:5

This is a plain indication of God’s righteous judgment so that you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering.

James 1:12

Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

Revelation 2:9

‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

1 Samuel 2:8

“He raises the poor from the dust; He exalts the needy from the ash heap To make them sit with nobles, And inherit a seat of glory; For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s, And He set the world on them.