Luke 6:20

Tree of Life Version

And looking up at His disciples, He said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Cross References

Psalm 37:16

Better a little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked.

Proverbs 16:19

Better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 19:1

Better to be poor, walking with integrity, than be a fool whose lips are corrupt.

Isaiah 29:19

The meek will add to their joy in Adonai, and the needy of humanity will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 66:2

For My hand has made all these things, so all these things came to be,” declares Adonai. “But on this one will I look, one humble and of a contrite spirit, who trembles at My word.”

Zephaniah 3:12

But I will leave among you a people meek and humble. They will take refuge in the Name of Adonai.

Zechariah 11:11

It was broken on that day. The afflicted of the flock that were watching me knew that this was the word of Adonai.”

Matthew 11:5

the blind see and the lame walk, those with tza'arat are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

Matthew 25:34

Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Matthew 5:1

Now when Yeshua saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain. And after He sat down, His disciples came to Him.

Luke 12:32

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father chose to give you the kingdom.

Luke 13:28

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

Luke 14:15

Now hearing this, one of those dining with Yeshua said to Him, “Blessed is he who eats bread in the kingdom of God.”

Luke 16:25

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your life you received your good things, even as Lazarus received the bad things. But now he is comforted here, and you are tormented.

Luke 4:18

“The Ruach Adonai is on me, because He has anointed me to proclaim Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed,

Acts 14:22

They were strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in faith, and saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”

2 Corinthians 6:10

as grieving yet always rejoicing; as poor yet enriching many; as having nothing yet possessing everything.

2 Corinthians 8:2

that in much testing by affliction, the abundance of their joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah—that even though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that through His poverty you might become rich.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having accepted the message in much tribulation, with the joy of the Ruach ha-Kodesh.

2 Thessalonians 1:5

This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering. (

James 1:12

Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love Him.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters. Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom that He promised to those who love Him?

Revelation 2:9

I know your tribulation and your poverty (yet you are rich), as well as the slander of those who say they are Jewish and are not, but are a synagogue of satan.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the helpless from the dust. He lifts the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with nobles, granting them a seat of honor. For the earth’s pillars are Adonai’s, and He has set the world on them.