Luke 6:20

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Luke 6:20

Then looking up at His disciples, He said:

You who are poor are blessed,
because the kingdom of God is yours.

Luke 12:32

Don’t be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights to give you the kingdom.

James 2:5

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

Revelation 2:9

I know your affliction and poverty, yet you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the garbage pile.
He seats them with noblemen
and gives them a throne of honor.
For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s;
He has set the world on them.

Psalm 37:16

The little that the righteous man has is better
than the abundance of many wicked people.

Psalm 113:7-8

He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the garbage pile

Proverbs 16:19

Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble
than to divide plunder with the proud.

Proverbs 19:1

Better a poor man who lives with integrity
than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

Isaiah 29:19

The humble will have joy
after joy in the Lord,
and the poor people will rejoice
in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 57:15-16

For the High and Exalted One
who lives forever, whose name is Holy says this:
“I live in a high and holy place,
and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and revive the heart of the oppressed.

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made all these things,
and so they all came into being.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will look favorably on this kind of person:
one who is humble, submissive in spirit,
and trembles at My word.

Zephaniah 3:12

I will leave
a meek and humble people among you,
and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.

Zechariah 11:11

It was annulled on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the Lord.

Matthew 5:2-12

Then He began to teach them, saying:

Matthew 11:5

the blind see, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are healed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news.

Matthew 12:49-50

And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

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.

Mark 3:34-35

And looking about at those who were sitting in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is on Me,
because He has anointed Me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent Me
to proclaim freedom to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free the oppressed,

Luke 6:20-24

Then looking up at His disciples, He said:

You who are poor are blessed,
because the kingdom of God is yours.

Luke 13:28

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

Luke 14:15

When one of those who reclined at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, “The one who will eat bread in the kingdom of God is blessed!”

Luke 16:25

“‘Son,’ Abraham said, ‘remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

John 7:48-49

Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

Acts 14:22

strengthening the disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, “It is necessary to pass through many troubles on our way into the kingdom of God.”

1 Corinthians 1:26-29

Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.

1 Corinthians 3:21-23

So no one should boast in human leaders, for everything is yours—

2 Corinthians 6:10

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

2 Corinthians 8:2

During a severe testing by affliction, their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed into the wealth of their generosity.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though He was rich, for your sake He became poor, so that by His poverty you might become rich.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

and you became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message with joy from the Holy Spirit.

2 Thessalonians 1:5

It is a clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment that you will be counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also are suffering,

James 1:9-10

The brother of humble circumstances should boast in his exaltation,

James 1:12

A man who endures trials is blessed, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Luke 6:20

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

He lifted

Matthew 5:2

Matthew 12:49

Mark 3:34

Blessed

Bible References

He lifted

Then He began to teach them, saying:

And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

And looking about at those who were sitting in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

Blessed

But woe to you who are rich,
for you have received your comfort.

The Spirit of the Lord is on Me,
because He has anointed Me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent Me

to proclaim freedom

to the captives

and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free the oppressed,

“‘Son,’ Abraham said, ‘remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

The little that the righteous man has is better
than the abundance of many wicked people.

He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the garbage pile

Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble

than to divide plunder with the proud.

Better a poor man who lives with integrity
than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

The humble will have joy
after joy in the Lord,
and the poor people will rejoice
in the Holy One of Israel.

I will leave
a meek and humble people among you,
and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.

It was annulled on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the Lord.

the blind see, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are healed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news.

Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.

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

During a severe testing by affliction, their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed into the wealth of their generosity.

and you became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message with joy from the Holy Spirit.

The brother of humble circumstances should boast in his exaltation,

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

I know your affliction and poverty, yet you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.