Luke 6:20

Happiness And Sorrow

¹⁹ The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all. ²⁰ Then he looked up at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you. ²¹ "Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

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Luke 12:32

"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

Revelation 2:9

I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

1 Samuel 2:8

He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.

Psalm 37:16

The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

Psalm 113:7-8

He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,

Proverbs 16:19

It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

Isaiah 29:19

The downtrodden will again rejoice in the Lord; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 57:15-16

For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made them; that is how they came to be," says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.

Zephaniah 3:12

I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, and they will find safety in the Lord's presence.

Zechariah 11:11

So it was annulled that very day, and then the most afflicted of the flock who kept faith with me knew that that was the word of the Lord.

Matthew 5:2-12

Then he began to teach them by saying:

Matthew 11:5

The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

Matthew 12:49-50

And pointing 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 at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

Luke 4:18

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

Luke 6:20-24

Then he looked up at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.

Luke 13:28

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

Luke 14:15

When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him, "Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!"

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

John 7:48-49

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

Acts 14:22

They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions."

1 Corinthians 1:26-29

Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.

1 Corinthians 3:21-23

So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you,

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

2 Corinthians 8:2

that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

2 Thessalonians 1:5

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

James 1:9-10

Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.

James 1:12

Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.