Matthew 5:3

The Beatitudes

² And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, ³  Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are

Kingdom of Heaven

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Isaiah 66:2

For all those things has my hand made, and all those things have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.

Psalm 1:1

Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 51:17

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Psalm 112:1

Praise you the LORD. Blessed is the man that fears the LORD, that delights greatly in his commandments.

Proverbs 29:23

A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.

Micah 6:8

He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Leviticus 26:41-42

And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity:

Mark 10:14

But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Allow the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

2 Chronicles 7:14

If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

2 Chronicles 33:12

And when he was in affliction, he sought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

2 Chronicles 33:23

And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

2 Chronicles 34:27

Because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbled yourself before me, and did tear your clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard you also, says the LORD.

Job 42:6

Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Psalm 2:12

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Psalm 32:1-2

[A Psalm of David. A maschil.] Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Psalm 34:18

The LORD is near unto them that are of a broken heart; and saves such as be of a contrite spirit.

Psalm 41:1

[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

Psalm 84:12

O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you.

Psalm 119:1-2

[Aleph] Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

Psalm 146:5

Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

Proverbs 8:32

Now therefore hearken unto me, O you children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

Proverbs 16:19

Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Isaiah 30:18

And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of justice: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Jeremiah 31:18-20

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: restore me, and I shall return; for you are the LORD my God.

Daniel 5:21-22

And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appoints over it whomever he will.

Matthew 3:2

And saying, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matthew 5:3-12

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 8:11

And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 11:6

And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them unto babes.

Matthew 13:16

But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

Matthew 18:1-3

At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

Matthew 24:46

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

Matthew 25:34

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

Luke 6:20-26

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

Luke 11:28

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for everyone that exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

John 20:29

Jesus said unto him, Thomas, because you have seen me, you have believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

Romans 4:6-9

Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputes righteousness without works,

James 1:10

But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man that endures trial: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him.

James 2:5

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them that love him?

James 4:9-10

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Revelation 19:9

And he said unto me, Write, Blessed are they who are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer also, and how God received his entreaty, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up idol poles and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

Psalm 128:1

[A song of ascents.] Blessed is every one that fears the LORD; that walks in his ways.