Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
He lifted
Blessed
Bible References
He lifted
Matthew 5:2
and he began to teach them:
Matthew 12:49
Then pointing with his hand at his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers,
Mark 3:34
Then looking at the people sitting around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
Blessed
Luke 6:24
"But how terrible it will be for you who are rich, because you have had your comfort!
Luke 4:18
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has anointed me to tell the good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set oppressed people free,
Luke 16:25
"But Abraham said, "My child, remember that during your lifetime you received blessings, while Lazarus received hardships. But now he is being comforted here, while you suffer.
1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor up from the dust, he lifts up the needy from the trash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. Indeed the pillars of the earth belong to the LORD, and he has set the world on them.
Psalm 37:16
Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked people.
Psalm 113:7
He lifts the poor person from the dust, raising the needy from the trash pile
Proverbs 16:19
Better to be humble among the poor, than to share what is stolen with the proud.
Proverbs 19:1
A poor man who walks blamelessly is better than a fool who speaks perversely.
Isaiah 29:19
The humble will again experience joy in the LORD, and the poorest people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 57:15
"For this is what the high and lofty One says, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "He lives in the height and in holiness, and also with the one who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isaiah 66:2
All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came into being," declares the LORD. "But this is the one to whom I will look favorably: to the one who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at my message.
Zephaniah 3:12
I will keep a humble and gentle people among you, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.
Zechariah 11:11
It was broken at that time so the oppressed of the flock who were observing me would know that it had been a message from the LORD.
Matthew 11:5
the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the destitute hear the good news.
John 7:48
None of the authorities or Pharisees has believed in him, have they?
1 Corinthians 1:26
Brothers, think about your own calling. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
2 Corinthians 6:10
as sorrowful and yet always rejoicing, as poor and yet enriching many, as having nothing and yet possessing everything.
2 Corinthians 8:2
In spite of their terrible ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and deep poverty have led them to be abundantly generous.
1 Thessalonians 1:6
You became imitators of us and of the Lord. In spite of a great deal of suffering, you welcomed the word with the joy that the Holy Spirit produces.
James 1:9
A brother of humble means should rejoice in his having been exalted,
James 2:5
Listen, my dear brothers! God has chosen the poor in the world to become rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who keep on loving him, has he not?
Revelation 2:9
"I know your suffering and your poverty though you are rich and the slander committed by those who claim to be Jews but are not. They are the synagogue of Satan.