Matthew 5:3

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

Blessed be poor men in spirit, for the kingdom of heavens is theirs. [Blessed be the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.]

Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12

And after that he was anguished, he prayed the Lord his God, and did penance greatly before the God of his fathers.

2 Chronicles 33:19

And his prayer, and the hearing that the Lord heard him, and all his sins, and all his despising, and also the places in which he builded high things, and made maumet woods and images, before that he did penance, these be written in the book of Hozai.

2 Chronicles 33:23

And he reverenced not the face of the Lord, as Manasseh, his father, reverenced; and he did much greater trespasses than his father did.

2 Chronicles 34:27

and thine heart thereby is made nesh, and thou art meeked in the sight of the Lord of these things which be said against this place, and against the dwellers of Jerusalem, and thou hast reverenced my face, and hast rent thy clothes, and hast wept before me; also I have heard thee, saith the Lord.

2 Chronicles 7:14

forsooth if my people is converted, on which my name is called, and if it beseecheth me, and seeketh my face, and doeth penance of his full evil ways, then I shall hear from heaven, and I shall be merciful to the sins of them, and I shall heal the land of them.

Job 42:6

Therefore I reprove myself, and do penance in dead spark and ashes.

Psalm 1:1

Blessed is the man, that goeth not in the counsel of wicked men; and stood not in the way of sinners, and sat not in the chair of pestilence.

Psalm 112:1

Alleluia. Blessed is the man that dreadeth the Lord; he shall delight full much in his commandments.

Psalm 128:1

The song of degrees. Blessed be all men, that dread the Lord; that go in his ways.

Psalm 146:5

He is blessed, of whom the God of Jacob is his helper; his hope is in his Lord God,

Psalm 2:12

Take ye lore of chastising; lest the Lord be wroth sometime, and ye perish from the just way. When his wrath shall burn out in short time; blessed be all they, that trust in him.

Psalm 34:18

The Lord is nigh [to] them that be of troubled heart; and he shall save meek men in spirit.

Psalm 41:1

For victory, the song of David. Blessed is he that understandeth of the needy man and poor; the Lord shall deliver him in the evil day.

Psalm 51:17

A sacrifice to God is a spirit troubled, that is, sorry for sin; God, thou shalt not despise a contrite heart, and made meek.

Psalm 84:12

Lord of virtues, blessed is the man, that hopeth in thee.

Proverbs 16:19

It is better to be made meek with mild men, than to part spoils with proud men.

Proverbs 29:23

Lowness followeth a proud man; and glory shall up-take a meek man of spirit.

Proverbs 8:32

Now, therefore, sons, hear ye me; blessed be they that keep my ways.

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore the Lord abideth, that he have mercy on you, and therefore he shall be enhanced sparing you; for why God is Lord of doom, blessed be all they that abide him.

Isaiah 57:15

For the Lord high, and enhanced, saith these things, that dwelleth in everlastingness, and his holy name in high place, and that dwelleth in holy-ness, and with a contrite, either full sorry, and meek spirit, that he quicken the spirit of meek men, and quicken the heart of contrite men.

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the Lord is [up] on me, for the Lord anointed me; he sent me to tell [out] to mild men, that I should heal men contrite in heart, and preach forgiveness to captives, and opening to prisoners;

Isaiah 66:2

Mine hand made all these things, and all these things be made, saith the Lord; but to whom shall I behold, no but to a poor man and contrite in spirit, and greatly dreading my words?

Micah 6:8

I shall show to thee, thou man, what is good, and what the Lord asketh of thee; forsooth for to do doom, and for to love mercy, and be busy for to walk with thy God.

Matthew 11:25

In that time Jesus answered, and said, I acknowledge to thee, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for thou hast hid these things from wise men, and ready, [or wary, or prudent, or sly], and hast showed them to little children;

Matthew 11:6

And he is blessed, that shall not be caused to stumble in me.

Matthew 13:16

But your eyes that see be blessed, and your ears that hear.

Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said to them, Suffer ye that little children come to me, and do not ye forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heavens.

Matthew 24:46

Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, when he shall come, shall find so doing.

Matthew 25:34

Then the king shall say to them, that shall be on his right half, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, take ye in possession the kingdom made ready to you from the making [or the beginning] of the world.

Matthew 3:2

and said, Do ye penance, for the kingdom of heaven shall [come] nigh.

Matthew 8:11

And I say to you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall rest with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heavens;

Mark 10:14

And when Jesus had seen them, he bare heavy, and said to them, Suffer ye little children to come to me, and forbid ye them not, for of such is the kingdom of God.

Luke 11:28

And he said, But yea [or Rather], blessed be they, that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Luke 18:14

Truly I say to you, this went down into his house, and was justified from the other. For each that enhanceth himself, shall be made low, and he that meeketh himself, shall be enhanced.

Luke 22:29

and I assign [or dispose] to you, as my Father hath assigned [or disposed] to me, a realm.

Luke 22:30

that ye eat and drink on my board in my realm, and sit on thrones, and deem the twelve kindreds of Israel.

Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is [up] on me, for which thing he anointed me; he sent me to preach [or evangelize] to poor men, to heal contrite men in heart, and to preach remission to prisoners [or captives], and sight to blind men, and to deliver broken men into remission;

John 20:29

Jesus saith to him, Thomas, for thou hast seen me, thou believedest; blessed be they, that saw not, and have believed.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And thou shalt have mind of all the way, by which thy Lord God led thee by forty years, in desert, that he should torment thee, and should assay thee; and that those things that were treated in thy soul should be known, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, either nay.

James 1:10

and a rich man in his lowness; for as the flower of grass he shall pass.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man, that suffereth temptation; for when he shall be proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which God promised to men that love him.

James 2:5

Hear ye, my most dearworthy brethren, whether God chose not poor men in this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, that God promised to men that love him?

Revelation 19:9

And he said to me, Write thou, Blessed be they that be called to the supper of the weddings of the lamb. And he said to me, These words of God be true.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed be they, that wash their stoles, that the power of them be in the tree of life, and enter by the gates into the city.

Revelation 3:17

For thou sayest, That I am rich, and full of goods, and have need of nothing; and thou knowest not, that thou art a wretch, and wretchful [or wretched], and poor, and blind, and naked.