Matthew 5:3

Modern King James Version

Blessed are the poor in spirit! For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.

Cross References

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 29:23

A man's pride shall bring him low; but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.

Psalm 34:18

Jehovah is near to the broken-hearted; and saves those who are of a contrite spirit.

Proverbs 16:19

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

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself shall be abased, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.

2 Chronicles 7:14

if My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Psalm 51:17

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

Isaiah 57:15

For so says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity; whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, even with the contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

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?

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is on Me; because Jehovah has anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

2 Chronicles 34:27

Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before your God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and humbled yourself before Me, and tore your garments and wept before Me, I have even heard also, says Jehovah.

Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does Jehovah require of you but to do justice and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God?

Luke 11:28

But He said, No; rather, blessed are they who hear the Word of God and keep it.

Psalm 112:1

Praise Jehovah! Blessed is the man who fears Jehovah, who delights greatly in His Commandments.

Psalm 1:1

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of the scornful.

Job 42:6

Therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank You, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the sophisticated and cunning, and revealed them to babes.

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,

Mark 10:14

But when Jesus saw, He was much displeased and said to them, Allow the little children to come to Me and do not hinder them. For of such is the kingdom of God.

Matthew 13:16

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

Isaiah 30:18

And so Jehovah waits to be gracious to you. And therefore He is exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For Jehovah is a God of judgment; blessed are all those who wait for Him.

Psalm 146:5

Blessed is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose help is in Jehovah his God,

2 Chronicles 33:12

And when he was in affliction, he sought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Psalm 41:1

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he who acts wisely toward the poor; Jehovah will deliver him in time of trouble.

Psalm 2:12

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish from the way, when His wrath is kindled in but a little time. Blessed are all who put their trust in Him.

2 Chronicles 33:23

And he did not bow before Jehovah, like the humbling of his father Manasseh. For Amon himself multiplied guilt.

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.

John 20:29

Jesus said to him, Thomas, because you have seen Me you have believed. Blessed are they who have not seen and have believed.

Matthew 24:46

Blessed is that servant whom his Lord shall find him doing so when He comes.

Psalm 84:12

O Jehovah of Hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in You.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember all the way which Jehovah your God led you these forty years in the wilderness in order to humble you, to prove you, to know what is in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

James 1:10

and the rich one rejoice in his humiliation, because he shall pass away as the flower of the grass.

Proverbs 8:32

And now listen to me, O sons; for blessed are those who keep my ways.

2 Chronicles 33:19

and his prayer, and his entreaty, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places and set up Asherahs and graven images, before he was humbled, behold, they are written among the Matters of the Seers.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are they who do His commandments, that their authority will be over the Tree of Life, and they may enter in by the gates into the city.

Revelation 19:9

And he said to me, Write, Blessed are those who have been called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true sayings of God.

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.

Psalm 128:1

A Song of degrees. Blessed is everyone who fears Jehovah, who walks in His ways.

Matthew 11:6

And blessed is he, whoever shall not be offended in Me.

Matthew 8:11

And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 3:2

and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said, Allow the little children to come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of Heaven.

Luke 22:29

And I appoint a kingdom to you, as My Father has appointed to Me,

Luke 22:30

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

Revelation 3:17

Because you say, I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing, and do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,