Matthew 5:3

The poor in spirit are blessed, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs. It teaches that the kingdom belongs to those who know their spiritual bankruptcy.

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• Isa 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
• Prov 29:23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
• Ps 34:18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
• Prov 16:19It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
• Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• 2 Chr 7:14and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
• Ps 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
• Isa 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
• Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
• Luke 6:20–26Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
• Isa 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
• 2 Chr 34:27because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
• Matt 5:3–12“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Matt 18:1–3At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
• Mic 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
• Jas 4:9–10Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
• Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
• Ps 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
• Job 42:6Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
• Ps 112:1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
• Ps 119:1–2Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
• Matt 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
• Isa 30:18Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
• 2 Chr 33:23but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
• Ps 146:5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
• 2 Chr 33:12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
• Ps 32:1–2Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
• Ps 2:12Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
• Deut 8:2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
• Jas 1:12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
• Mark 10:14But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
• Ps 41:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
• Matt 13:16But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
• Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
• 2 Chr 33:19His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
• Prov 8:32Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
• Matt 24:46Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
• John 20:29Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
• Lev 26:41–42and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,
• Rev 22:14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

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