Bible Cross References
he lifted
Matthew 5:2-12
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and he began to teach them:
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"Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!
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"Happy are those who mourn; God will comfort them!
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"Happy are those who are humble; they will receive what God has promised!
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"Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires; God will satisfy them fully!
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"Happy are those who are merciful to others; God will be merciful to them!
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"Happy are the pure in heart; they will see God!
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"Happy are those who work for peace; God will call them his children!
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"Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!
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"Happy are you when people insult you and persecute you and tell all kinds of evil lies against you because you are my followers.
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Be happy and glad, for a great reward is kept for you in heaven. This is how the prophets who lived before you were persecuted.
Matthew 12:49
Then he pointed to his disciples and said, "Look! Here are my mother and my brothers!
Matthew 12:50
Whoever does what my Father in heaven wants is my brother, my sister, and my mother."
Mark 3:34
He looked at the people sitting around him and said, "Look! Here are my mother and my brothers!
Mark 3:35
Whoever does what God wants is my brother, my sister, my mother."
Blessed
Luke 6:24
"But how terrible for you who are rich now; you have had your easy life!
Luke 4:18
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, 'Remember, my son, that in your lifetime you were given all the good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. But now he is enjoying himself here, while you are in pain.
1 Samuel 2:8
He lifts the poor from the dust and raises the needy from their misery. He makes them companions of princes and puts them in places of honor. The foundations of the earth belong to the LORD; on them he has built the world.
Psalm 37:16
The little that a good person owns is worth more than the wealth of all the wicked,
Psalm 113:7
He raises the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from their misery
Psalm 113:8
and makes them companions of princes, the princes of his people.
Proverbs 16:19
It is better to be humble and stay poor than to be one of the arrogant and get a share of their loot.
Proverbs 19:1
It is better to be poor but honest than to be a lying fool.
Isaiah 29:19
Poor and humble people will once again find the happiness which the LORD, the holy God of Israel, gives.
Isaiah 57:15
"I am the high and holy God, who lives forever. I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are humble and repentant, so that I can restore their confidence and hope.
Isaiah 57:16
I gave my people life, and I will not continue to accuse them or be angry with them forever.
Isaiah 66:2
I myself created the whole universe! I am pleased with those who are humble and repentant, who fear me and obey me.
Zephaniah 3:12
I will leave there a humble and lowly people, who will come to me for help.
Zechariah 11:11
So the covenant was canceled on that day. Those who bought and sold the sheep were watching me, and they knew that the LORD was speaking through what I did.
Matthew 11:5
the blind can see, the lame can walk, those who suffer from dreaded skin diseases are made clean, the deaf hear, the dead are brought back to life, and the Good News is preached to the poor.
John 7:48
"Have you ever known one of the authorities or one Pharisee to believe in him?
John 7:49
This crowd does not know the Law of Moses, so they are under God's curse!"
1 Corinthians 1:26-29
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Now remember what you were, my friends, when God called you. From the human point of view few of you were wise or powerful or of high social standing.
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God purposely chose what the world considers nonsense in order to shame the wise, and he chose what the world considers weak in order to shame the powerful.
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He chose what the world looks down on and despises and thinks is nothing, in order to destroy what the world thinks is important.
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This means that no one can boast in God's presence.
2 Corinthians 6:10
although saddened, we are always glad; we seem poor, but we make many people rich; we seem to have nothing, yet we really possess everything.
2 Corinthians 8:2
They have been severely tested by the troubles they went through; but their joy was so great that they were extremely generous in their giving, even though they are very poor.
2 Corinthians 8:9
You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; rich as he was, he made himself poor for your sake, in order to make you rich by means of his poverty.
1 Thessalonians 1:6
You imitated us and the Lord; and even though you suffered much, you received the message with the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit.
James 1:9
Those Christians who are poor must be glad when God lifts them up,
James 1:10
and the rich Christians must be glad when God brings them down. For the rich will pass away like the flower of a wild plant.
James 2:5
Listen, my dear friends! God chose the poor people of this world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which he promised to those who love him.
Revelation 2:9
I know your troubles; I know that you are poor---but really you are rich! I know the evil things said against you by those who claim to be Jews but are not; they are a group that belongs to Satan!
for
Luke 12:32
"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the Kingdom.
Luke 13:28
How you will cry and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, while you are thrown out!
Luke 14:15
When one of the guests sitting at the table heard this, he said to Jesus, "How happy are those who will sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of God!"
Matthew 5:3
"Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!
Matthew 5:10
"Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!
Acts 14:22
They strengthened the believers and encouraged them to remain true to the faith. "We must pass through many troubles to enter the Kingdom of God," they taught.
1 Corinthians 3:21-23
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No one, then, should boast about what human beings can do. Actually everything belongs to you:
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Paul, Apollos, and Peter; this world, life and death, the present and the future---all these are yours,
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and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
2 Thessalonians 1:5
All of this proves that God's judgment is just and as a result you will become worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering.
James 1:12
Happy are those who remain faithful under trials, because when they succeed in passing such a test, they will receive as their reward the life which God has promised to those who love him.