Matthew 5:7

Lighthouse Bible 2006

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:28

Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched grain, and beans, and lentils, and parched legumes,

2 Samuel 22:26

With the merciful you will show yourself merciful, and with the upright man you will shew yourself upright.

Psalm 112:4

Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Psalm 112:9

He has distributed, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.

Psalm 18:25

With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with an upright man you will show yourself upright;

Psalm 37:26

He is always merciful, and lends; and his descendents are blessed.

Proverbs 11:17

The merciful man does good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubles his own flesh.

Proverbs 11:25

The generous soul shall be made fat: and he that waters shall be watered also himself.

Proverbs 14:21

He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

Proverbs 19:17

He that has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him back.

Isaiah 57:1

The righteous perishes, and no man takes it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.

Hosea 1:6

And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And God said to him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will completely take them away.

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 earth; and I will have mercy upon her who had not obtained mercy; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people; and they shall say, You are my God.

Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Mark 11:25

And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone: that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing back; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.

Romans 11:30

For as you in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment from the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore seeing that we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not faint;

Ephesians 4:32

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake has forgiven you.

Colossians 3:12

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, merciful compassion, kindness, humility of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

1 Timothy 1:13

Who was formerly a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

1 Timothy 1:16

However for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might demonstrate all longsuffering, for a pattern to those who would afterwards believe in him to life everlasting.

Hebrews 4:16

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which you have shown toward his name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

James 2:13

For he shall have judgment without mercy that has shown no mercy; and mercy rejoices against judgment.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easily approached, full of mercy and good fruits, without bias, and without hypocrisy.

1 Peter 2:10

Who in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.