Luke 6:20

Modern King James Version

And lifting up His eyes to His disciples, He said, Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Cross References

James 2:5

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

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, for your sakes He became poor, in order that you might be made rich through His poverty.

Luke 12:32

Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Matthew 25:34

Then the King shall say to those on His right hand, Come, blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Revelation 2:9

I know your works and tribulation and poverty (but you are rich), and I know the blasphemy of those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

2 Corinthians 6:10

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

Zephaniah 3:12

I will also leave in your midst a poor and weak people, and they shall trust in the name of Jehovah.

Isaiah 29:19

And the meek shall increase joy in Jehovah, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, because having been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

2 Thessalonians 1:5

For this is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God for which you also suffer,

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, welcoming the Word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,

2 Corinthians 8:2

that in much testing of trouble, the overflowing of their joy, and the depth of their poverty, abounded to the riches of their generosity.

Acts 14:22

confirming the souls of the disciples, calling on them to continue in the faith and that through much tribulation we must enter into the kingdom of God.

Luke 14:15

And one of those who reclined with Him heard these things, and he said to Him, Blessed are those eating bread in the kingdom of God.

Luke 13:28

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you will see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrust out.

Luke 4:18

"The Spirit of the Lord is on Me; because of this He has anointed Me to proclaim the Gospel to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and new sight to the blind, to set at liberty those having been crushed,

Matthew 11:5

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

Zechariah 11:11

And it was broken in that day; and so the poor of the flock who were watching Me knew that it was the Word of Jehovah.

Isaiah 66:2

For all those My hand has made, and all those exist, says Jehovah. But to this one I will look, to the afflicted and contrite spirit, and the one who trembles at My Word.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Proverbs 16:19

It is better to be of an humble spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises up the poor out of the dust; He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to set them among princes; yea, He causes them to inherit a throne of honor; for to Jehovah are the pillars of the earth; and He sets the habitable world on them.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted and you are tormented.

Psalm 37:16

A little to the righteous is better than the riches of many wicked.

Matthew 5:1

And seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain. And when He had sat down, His disciples came to Him.