Matthew 5:7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:28

brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans and lentils,

2 Samuel 22:26

With the loyal you show yourself loyal; with the blameless you show yourself blameless;

Psalm 112:4

They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright; they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.

Psalm 112:9

They have distributed freely, they have given to the poor; their righteousness endures forever; their horn is exalted in honor.

Psalm 18:25

With the loyal you show yourself loyal; with the blameless you show yourself blameless;

Psalm 37:26

They are ever giving liberally and lending, and their children become a blessing.

Proverbs 11:17

Those who are kind reward themselves, but the cruel do themselves harm.

Proverbs 11:25

A generous person will be enriched, and one who gives water will get water.

Proverbs 14:21

Those who despise their neighbors are sinners, but happy are those who are kind to the poor.

Proverbs 19:17

Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and will be repaid in full.

Isaiah 57:1

The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous are taken away from calamity,

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, may my counsel be acceptable to you: atone for your sins with righteousness, and your iniquities with mercy to the oppressed, so that your prosperity may be prolonged.”

Hosea 1:6

She conceived again and bore a daughter. Then the Lord said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have pity on the house of Israel or forgive them.

Hosea 2:1

Say to your brother, Ammi, and to your sister, Ruhamah.

Hosea 2:23

and I will sow him for myself in the land. And I will have pity on Lo-ruhamah, and I will say to Lo-ammi, “You are my people”; and he shall say, “You are my God.”

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Mark 11:25

“Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.”

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.

Romans 11:30

Just as you were once disobedient to God but have now received mercy because of their disobedience,

1 Corinthians 7:25

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

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, since it is by God's mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.

Ephesians 4:32

and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.

Colossians 3:12

As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.

1 Timothy 1:13

even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

1 Timothy 1:16

But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience, making me an example to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life.

Hebrews 4:16

Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unjust; he will not overlook your work and the love that you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.

James 2:13

For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.

1 Peter 2:10

Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.