Matthew 5:3

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

Cross References (50)

  • Isaiah 66:2 (155)

    Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem:

  • Proverbs 29:23 (147)

    A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

  • Psalms 34:18 (121)

    The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

  • Proverbs 16:19 (100)

    It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.

  • Luke 18:14 (86)

    I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, bu

  • 2 Chronicles 7:14 (71)

    and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways,

  • Psalms 51:17 (67)

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

  • Isaiah 57:15 (55)

    For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy

  • Luke 6:20–26 (50)

    Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

  • James 2:5 (50)

    Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He

  • Isaiah 61:1 (42)

    The 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

  • 2 Chronicles 34:27 (39)

    because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and agains

  • Matthew 5:3–12 (36)

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

  • Matthew 18:1–3 (34)

    At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

  • Micah 6:8 (29)

    He 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 wa

  • James 4:9–10 (24)

    Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

  • Luke 11:28 (22)

    But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

  • Psalms 1:1 (20)

    Blessed 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 sea

  • Psalms 112:1 (20)

    Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.

  • Job 42:6 (20)

    Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

  • Psalms 119:1–2 (19)

    Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.

  • Matthew 11:25 (17)

    At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from

  • Psalms 146:5 (16)

    Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

  • Matthew 13:16 (16)

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

  • Luke 4:18 (16)

    “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

  • 2 Chronicles 33:12 (16)

    And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his f

  • Isaiah 30:18 (16)

    Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. B

  • Psalms 32:1–2 (16)

    Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

  • James 1:12 (15)

    Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life tha

  • 2 Chronicles 33:23 (15)

    but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.

  • Mark 10:14 (15)

    But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! Fo

  • Psalms 41:1 (15)

    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day o

  • Psalms 2:12 (15)

    Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all w

  • Leviticus 26:41–42 (14)

    and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts

  • John 20:29 (14)

    Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believ

  • Matthew 24:46 (14)

    Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

  • Proverbs 8:32 (14)

    Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Deuteronomy 8:2 (14)

    Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and

  • James 1:10 (13)

    But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

  • Revelation 22:14 (13)

    Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by it

  • 2 Chronicles 33:19 (13)

    His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high p

  • Psalms 84:12 (12)

    O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!

  • Revelation 19:9 (12)

    Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to

  • Matthew 8:11 (11)

    I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the k

  • Matthew 25:34 (11)

    Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for

  • Psalms 128:1 (11)

    A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!

  • Jeremiah 31:18–20 (11)

    I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may retu

  • Romans 4:6–9 (11)

    And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

  • Matthew 11:6 (10)

    Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”

  • Daniel 5:21–22 (9)

    He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass lik