Matthew 5:3

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Events

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• Sermon on the Mountc. AD 28

Related verses

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• Isaiah 66:2
  Has 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.
• Proverbs 29:23
  A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
• Psalm 34:18
  The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
• Proverbs 16:19
  It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
• Luke 18:14
  I 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 Chronicles 7:14
  …and 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.
• Psalm 51:17
  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
• Isaiah 57:15
  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 place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
• James 2:5
  Listen, 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 6:20–26
  Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
• Isaiah 61:1
  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 bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
• 2 Chronicles 34:27
  …because 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 have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.

Parallels

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Psalm 1:1–6· Luke 6:20–23

Glossary

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Beatitudes· Biblical Concept of Law· Eternal Life· Gospel· Gospel of Matthew· Heal, Healing· Jesus Christ· Life· Moses· Poetry, Biblical· Poor, the· Reward· Sea of Galilee· Spirit of God

Topics

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Being Meek· Being Poor· Character of Saints: Poor in Spirit· Christian Conduct: Blessedness of Maintaining· Church: Kingdom of Heaven· Entering the Kingdom of God· Graces: (Christian)· Happiness of Saints in This Life: Described by Christ in the Beatitudes· Happiness of the Righteous· Heaven: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To· Humility: Blessedness of· Humility: General Scriptures Concerning· Instruction in Religion· Poor: Poor in Spirit· Religion: True· Righteous: Described· Righteous: Promises To, Expressed or Implied· Select Readings: The Beatitudes· The Blessed: The Poor in Spirit· The Kingdom of God