Matthew 5:7

The merciful are blessed, for they will receive mercy. It teaches that those who show mercy reflect, and will experience, God's mercy.

Cross-references · 34

• Eph 4:32Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
• Matt 6:14–15For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
• 2 Sam 22:26To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
• Matt 18:33–35Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’
• Ps 18:25To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
• Jas 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Jas 3:17But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
• Col 3:12Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
• 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?
• Luke 6:35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
• Prov 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
• Heb 6:10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
• Ps 41:1–4For 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.
• Dan 4:27Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
• Prov 11:17A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
• Heb 4:16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
• Prov 14:21He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
• Mark 11:25And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”
• 1 Pet 2:10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
• Ps 37:26They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
• Ps 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
• Hos 2:1“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’
• Isa 58:6–12Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
• Ps 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
• 1 Tim 1:13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
• 2 Tim 1:16–18May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.
• Job 31:16–22If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
• 1 Tim 1:16But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
• 1 Cor 7:25Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
• Hos 2:23And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
• Hos 1:6Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
• Isa 57:1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
• Rom 11:30Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,
• 2 Cor 4:1Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.

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