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 66:2For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
• Prov 29:23A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
• Ps 34:18The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
• Prov 16:19Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
• Luke 18:14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• 2 Chr 7:14If my people, which 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.
• Ps 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
• Isa 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth 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.
• Jas 2:5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• Luke 6:20–26And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
• Isa 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
• 2 Chr 34:27Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
• Matt 5:3–12Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Matt 18:1–3At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
• Mic 6:8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• Jas 4:9–10Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
• Luke 11:28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
• Ps 1:1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
• Job 42:6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
• Ps 112:1Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
• Ps 119:1–2Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
• Matt 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
• Isa 30:18And 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 judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
• 2 Chr 33:23And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
• Ps 146:5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
• 2 Chr 33:12And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
• Ps 32:1–2Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
• Ps 2:12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Deut 8:2And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
• Jas 1:12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
• Mark 10:14But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
• Ps 41:1Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
• Matt 13:16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
• Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath 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,
• 2 Chr 33:19His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
• Prov 8:32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
• Matt 24:46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
• John 20:29Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
• Lev 26:41–42And 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 of the punishment of their iniquity:
• Rev 22:14Blessed 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.

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