Luke 6:20

Happiness And Sorrow

¹⁹ The entire crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing all of them. ²⁰ Then Jesus looked at his disciples and said, "How blessed are you who are destitute, because the kingdom of God is yours! ²¹ How blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied! How blessed are you who are crying now, because you will laugh!

Blessed are

Jesus Said

Kingdom of God

Lifted Up

Lifted Up His Eyes

Looked Up

Jesus

Luke

Luke 12:32

Stop being afraid, little flock, because your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

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.

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 113:7-8

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 57:15-16

"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 5:2-12

and he began to teach them:

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.

Matthew 12:49-50

Then pointing with his hand at 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 have been blessed by my Father! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,

Mark 3:34-35

Then looking at the people sitting around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

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 6:20-24

Then Jesus looked at his disciples and said, "How blessed are you who are destitute, because the kingdom of God is yours!

Luke 13:28

In that place there will be crying and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves being driven away on the outside.

Luke 14:15

Now one of those eating with him heard this and told him, "How blessed is the person who will eat in the kingdom of God!"

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.

John 7:48-49

None of the authorities or Pharisees has believed in him, have they?

Acts 14:22

strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. "We must endure many hardships," they said, "to get into the kingdom of God."

1 Corinthians 1:26-29

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.

1 Corinthians 3:21-23

So let no one boast about human beings, since everything belongs to you,

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.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah. Although he was rich, for your sakes he became poor, so that you, through his poverty, might become rich.

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.

2 Thessalonians 1:5

This is evidence of God's righteous judgment and is intended to make you worthy of God's kingdom, for which you are suffering.

James 1:9-10

A brother of humble means should rejoice in his having been exalted,

James 1:12

How blessed is the man who endures temptation! When he has passed the test, he will receive the victor's crown of life that God has promised to those who keep on loving him.