Matthew 5:7

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:28

brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,

2 Samuel 22:26

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, with the perfect man thou wilt shew thyself perfect;

Psalm 112:4

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

Psalm 112:9

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honour.

Psalm 18:25

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt shew thyself perfect;

Psalm 37:26

All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; And his seed is blessed.

Proverbs 11:17

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Proverbs 11:25

The liberal soul shall be made fat: And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Proverbs 14:21

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.

Proverbs 19:17

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD, And his good deed will he pay him again.

Isaiah 57:1

The righteous perisheth and no man layeth 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

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

Hosea 1:6

And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And the LORD said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, that I should in any wise pardon them.

Hosea 2:1

Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

Hosea 2:23

And I wilt sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

Micah 6:8

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Mark 11:25

And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Romans 11:30

For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgement, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:

Ephesians 4:32

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Colossians 3:12

Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;

1 Timothy 1:13

though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;

1 Timothy 1:16

howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ shew forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them which should hereafter believe on him unto eternal life.

Hebrews 4:16

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

Hebrews 6:10

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye shewed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.

James 2:13

For judgement is without mercy to him that hath shewed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgement.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.

1 Peter 2:10

which in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.