Matthew 5:3

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Isaiah 66:2

For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist,” Says the Lord. “But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.

Proverbs 29:23

A man’s pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor.

Psalm 34:18

The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.

Proverbs 16:19

Better to be of a 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 will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

2 Chronicles 7:14

if My people who are called by My name will 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 heal their land.

Psalm 51:17

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

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a 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 brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

Isaiah 61:1

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, 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 God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you,” says the Lord.

Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?

Luke 11:28

But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, Who delights greatly in His commandments.

Psalm 1:1

Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

Job 42:6

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

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

Mark 10:14

But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid 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

Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.

Psalm 146:5

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

2 Chronicles 33:12

Now when he was in affliction, he implored the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

Psalm 41:1

Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

Psalm 2:12

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

2 Chronicles 33:23

And he did not humble himself before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has 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 those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Matthew 24:46

Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.

Psalm 84:12

O Lord of hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in You!

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

James 1:10

but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away.

Proverbs 8:32

“Now therefore, listen to me, my children, For blessed are those who keep my ways.

2 Chronicles 33:19

Also his prayer and how God received his entreaty, and all his sin and trespass, and the sites where he built high places and set up wooden images and carved images, before he was humbled, indeed they are written among the sayings of Hozai.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.

Revelation 19:9

Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are 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 will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Psalm 128:1

Blessed is every one who fears the Lord, Who walks in His ways.

Matthew 11:6

And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.”

Matthew 8:11

And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, 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, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”

Luke 22:29

And I bestow upon you a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed one upon 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, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked—