Matthew 5:3

Legacy Standard Bible

¶“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12

And when he was in distress, he entreated Yahweh his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer also and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the chronicles of the Hozai.

2 Chronicles 33:23

Moreover, he did not humble himself before Yahweh as his father Manasseh had humbled himself, but Amon multiplied guilt.

2 Chronicles 34:27

because your heart was soft and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you,” declares Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 7:14

and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their evil ways, then I will listen from heaven, I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land.

Job 42:6

Therefore I reject myself, And I repent in dust and ashes.”

Psalm 1:1

How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the way of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!

Psalm 112:1

Praise Yah! How blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, Who greatly delights in His commandments.

Psalm 128:1

How blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, Who walks in His ways.

Psalm 146:5

How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in Yahweh his God,

Psalm 2:12

Kiss the Son, lest He become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!

Psalm 34:18

Yahweh is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Psalm 41:1

How blessed is he who considers the poor; Yahweh will provide him escape in a day of calamity.

Psalm 51:17

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

Psalm 84:12

O Yahweh of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You!

Proverbs 16:19

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

Proverbs 29:23

A man’s lofty pride will bring him low, But a lowly spirit will take hold of glory.

Proverbs 8:32

¶“So now, O sons, listen to me, For blessed are they who keep my ways.

Isaiah 30:18

¶Therefore Yahweh waits with longing to be gracious to you, And therefore He is on high to have compassion on you. For Yahweh is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who wait for Him.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the One high and lifted up Who dwells forever, whose name is Holy, “I dwell on a high and holy place, And also with the crushed and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the crushed.

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of Lord Yahweh is upon me Because Yahweh has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to captives And freedom to prisoners,

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.

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does Yahweh require of you But to do justice, to love lovingkindness, And to walk humbly with your God?

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.

Matthew 11:6

And blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.”

Matthew 13:16

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

Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said, “Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Matthew 24:46

Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

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 3:2

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Matthew 8:11

And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven;

Mark 10:14

But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, “Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Luke 11:28

But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.”

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other, for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 22:29

and I grant you a kingdom, just as My Father granted one to Me,

Luke 22:30

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

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,

John 20:29

Jesus *said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are those who did not see, and yet believed.”

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

James 1:10

and the rich man is to boast in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

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 19:9

Then he *said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’ ” And he *said to me, “These are true words of God.”

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the authority to the tree of life and may enter by the gates into the city.

Revelation 3:17

Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked.