Matthew 5:7

Legacy Standard Bible

¶Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:28

brought beds, basins, pottery, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, roasted seeds,

2 Samuel 22:26

“With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

Psalm 112:4

Light arises in the darkness for the upright; He is gracious and compassionate and righteous.

Psalm 112:9

He has given freely to the needy, His righteousness stands forever; His horn will be raised in glory.

Psalm 18:25

¶With the kind You show Yourself kind; With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

Psalm 37:26

All day long he is gracious and lends, And his seed is a blessing.

Proverbs 11:17

The man of lovingkindness deals bountifully with his soul, But the cruel man brings trouble on his flesh.

Proverbs 11:25

The soul that blesses will be enriched, And he who waters will himself be watered.

Proverbs 14:21

He who despises his neighbor sins, But how blessed is he who is gracious to the poor.

Proverbs 19:17

He who is gracious to a poor man lends to Yahweh, And He will repay him for his bountiful deed.

Isaiah 57:1

The righteous man perishes, and no man puts it upon his heart; And men of lovingkindness are gathered away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is gathered away from evil,

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, may my advice seem good to you: break away now from your sins by doing righteousness and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.’

Hosea 1:6

Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And Yahweh said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.

Hosea 2:1

Say to your brothers, “Ammi,” and to your sisters, “Ruhamah.”

Hosea 2:23

“And I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, And I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they will say, ‘You are my God!’ ”

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?

Mark 11:25

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to the ungrateful and evil.

Romans 11:30

For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience,

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning virgins I have no command of the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who by the mercy of the Lord is trustworthy.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart,

Ephesians 4:32

Instead, be kind to one another, tender-hearted, graciously forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has graciously forgiven you.

Colossians 3:12

So, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience;

1 Timothy 1:13

even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;

1 Timothy 1:16

Yet for this reason I was shown mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Christ Jesus might demonstrate all His patience as an example for those who are going to believe upon Him for eternal life.

Hebrews 4:16

Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unrighteous so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and continuing to minister to the saints.

James 2:13

For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruits, without doubting, without hypocrisy.

1 Peter 2:10

for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.