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Matthew 5:2–8

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And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
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From verse 2

  1. Acts 8:35Rank 1 from verse 2
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    35Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

  2. Luke 6:20–26Rank 2 from verse 2
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    20¶ And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

    21Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

    22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

    23Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

    24But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

    25Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

    26Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

  3. Acts 10:34Rank 3 from verse 2
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    34¶ Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

  4. Matthew 13:35Rank 4 from verse 2
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    35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

  5. Acts 18:14Rank 5 from verse 2
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    14And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

  6. Ephesians 6:19Rank 6 from verse 2
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    19And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

  7. Proverbs 31:8–9Rank 7 from verse 2
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    8Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

    9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  8. Proverbs 8:6Rank 8 from verse 2
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    6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

  9. Psalms 78:1–2Rank 9 from verse 2
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    1GIVE ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

    2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

  10. Job 3:1Rank 10 from verse 2
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    1AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

From verse 3

  1. Isaiah 66:2Rank 1 from verse 3
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    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.

  2. Proverbs 29:23Rank 2 from verse 3
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    23A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

  3. Psalms 34:18Rank 3 from verse 3
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    18The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

  4. Proverbs 16:19Rank 4 from verse 3
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    19Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

  5. Luke 18:14Rank 5 from verse 3
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    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.

  6. 2 Chronicles 7:14Rank 6 from verse 3
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    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.

  7. Psalms 51:17Rank 7 from verse 3
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    17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

  8. Isaiah 57:15Rank 8 from verse 3
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    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.

  9. James 2:5Rank 9 from verse 3
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    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?

  10. Luke 6:20–26Rank 10 from verse 3
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    20¶ And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

    21Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

    22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

    23Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

    24But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

    25Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

    26Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

  11. Isaiah 61:1Rank 11 from verse 3
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    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;

  12. 2 Chronicles 34:27Rank 12 from verse 3
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    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.

  13. Matthew 5:3–12Rank 13 from verse 3
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    3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

    5Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

    6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

    7Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

    8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

    9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

    10Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

    12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

  14. Matthew 18:1–3Rank 14 from verse 3
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    1AT the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

    2And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

    3And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

  15. Micah 6:8Rank 15 from verse 3
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    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?

  16. James 4:9–10Rank 16 from verse 3
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    9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

    10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

  17. Luke 11:28Rank 17 from verse 3
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    28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

  18. Psalms 1:1Rank 18 from verse 3
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    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.

  19. Job 42:6Rank 19 from verse 3
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    6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

  20. Psalms 112:1Rank 20 from verse 3
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    1PRAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

  21. Psalms 119:1–2Rank 21 from verse 3
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    1BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

    2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

  22. Matthew 11:25Rank 22 from verse 3
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    25¶ At 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.

  23. 2 Chronicles 33:12Rank 23 from verse 3
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    12And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

  24. 2 Chronicles 33:23Rank 24 from verse 3
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    23And humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

  25. Isaiah 30:18Rank 25 from verse 3
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    18¶ And 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.

  26. Psalms 146:5Rank 26 from verse 3
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    5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

  27. Psalms 32:1–2Rank 27 from verse 3
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    1BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

    2Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

  28. Deuteronomy 8:2Rank 28 from verse 3
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    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.

  29. James 1:12Rank 29 from verse 3
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    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.

  30. Luke 4:18Rank 30 from verse 3
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    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,

  31. Mark 10:14Rank 31 from verse 3
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    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.

  32. Matthew 13:16Rank 32 from verse 3
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    16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

  33. Psalms 2:12Rank 33 from verse 3
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    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.

  34. Psalms 41:1Rank 34 from verse 3
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    1BLESSED is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

  35. 2 Chronicles 33:19Rank 35 from verse 3
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    19His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, 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.

  36. John 20:29Rank 36 from verse 3
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    29Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

  37. Leviticus 26:41–42Rank 37 from verse 3
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    41And 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:

    42Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

  38. Matthew 24:46Rank 38 from verse 3
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    46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

  39. Proverbs 8:32Rank 39 from verse 3
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    32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

  40. Revelation 22:14Rank 40 from verse 3
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    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.

  41. Revelation 19:9Rank 41 from verse 3
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    9And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

  42. Romans 4:6–9Rank 42 from verse 3
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    6Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

    7Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

    8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

    9Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

  43. James 1:10Rank 43 from verse 3
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    10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

  44. Jeremiah 31:18–20Rank 44 from verse 3
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    18¶ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.

    19Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

    20Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

  45. Psalms 128:1Rank 45 from verse 3
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    1BLESSED is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.

  46. Psalms 84:12Rank 46 from verse 3
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    12O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

  47. Daniel 5:21–22Rank 47 from verse 3
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    21And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

    22And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

  48. Matthew 25:34Rank 48 from verse 3
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    34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

  49. Matthew 8:11Rank 49 from verse 3
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    11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

  50. Matthew 11:6Rank 50 from verse 3
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    6And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

  51. Matthew 3:2Rank 51 from verse 3
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    2And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

From verse 4

  1. Revelation 21:4Rank 1 from verse 4
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    4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

  2. 2 Corinthians 7:9–10Rank 2 from verse 4
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    9Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

    10For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

  3. Isaiah 61:2–3Rank 3 from verse 4
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    2To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

    3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

  4. John 16:20–22Rank 4 from verse 4
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    20Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

    21A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

    22And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

  5. Psalms 126:5–6Rank 5 from verse 4
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    5They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

    6He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

  6. Isaiah 57:18Rank 6 from verse 4
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    18I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

  7. Luke 6:21Rank 7 from verse 4
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    21Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

  8. Revelation 7:14–17Rank 8 from verse 4
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    14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

    15Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

    16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

    17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

  9. James 1:12Rank 9 from verse 4
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    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.

  10. Isaiah 51:11–12Rank 10 from verse 4
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    11Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

    12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

  11. Isaiah 25:8Rank 11 from verse 4
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    8He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

  12. 2 Corinthians 1:4–7Rank 12 from verse 4
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    4Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

    5For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

    6And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

    7And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

  13. Isaiah 66:10Rank 13 from verse 4
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    10Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

  14. Ezekiel 9:4Rank 14 from verse 4
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    4And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

  15. Isaiah 35:10Rank 15 from verse 4
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    10And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

  16. Psalms 30:7–11Rank 16 from verse 4
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    7Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

    8I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.

    9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

    10Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.

    11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

  17. Isaiah 30:19Rank 17 from verse 4
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    19For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

  18. Jeremiah 31:16–17Rank 18 from verse 4
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    16Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

    17And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

  19. Psalms 69:29–30Rank 19 from verse 4
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    29But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

    30I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

  20. Luke 16:25Rank 20 from verse 4
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    25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

  21. Psalms 116:3–7Rank 21 from verse 4
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    3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

    4Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

    5Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

    6The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

    7Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.

  22. Psalms 40:1–3Rank 22 from verse 4
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    1I WAITED patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

    2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

    3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

  23. Isaiah 12:1Rank 23 from verse 4
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    1AND in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

  24. Ezekiel 7:16Rank 24 from verse 4
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    16¶ But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.

  25. Psalms 13:1–5Rank 25 from verse 4
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    1HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

    2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

    3Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

    4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

    5But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

  26. Isaiah 38:14–19Rank 26 from verse 4
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    14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

    15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

    16O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

    17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

    18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

    19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

  27. Luke 6:25Rank 27 from verse 4
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    25Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

  28. Psalms 6:1–9Rank 28 from verse 4
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    1O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

    2Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

    3My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long?

    4Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.

    5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

    6I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

    7Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

    8Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

    9The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.

  29. Psalms 32:3–7Rank 29 from verse 4
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    3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

    4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

    5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

    6For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

    7Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

  30. Jeremiah 31:9–12Rank 30 from verse 4
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    9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

    10¶ Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

    11For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

    12Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

  31. Luke 7:50Rank 31 from verse 4
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    50And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

  32. Zechariah 12:10–1Rank 32 from verse 4
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  33. Luke 7:38Rank 33 from verse 4
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    38And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

From verse 5

  1. Psalms 37:11Rank 1 from verse 5
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    11But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

  2. Isaiah 29:19Rank 2 from verse 5
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    19The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

  3. James 3:13Rank 3 from verse 5
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    13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

  4. Psalms 149:4Rank 4 from verse 5
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    4For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

  5. Galatians 5:23Rank 5 from verse 5
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    23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

  6. Colossians 3:12Rank 6 from verse 5
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    12Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

  7. Matthew 11:29Rank 7 from verse 5
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    29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

  8. Numbers 12:3Rank 8 from verse 5
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    3(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)

  9. Psalms 25:9Rank 9 from verse 5
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    9The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

  10. James 1:21Rank 10 from verse 5
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    21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

  11. Ephesians 4:2Rank 11 from verse 5
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    2With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

  12. 1 Peter 3:15Rank 12 from verse 5
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    15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

  13. Zephaniah 2:3Rank 13 from verse 5
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    3Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.

  14. Titus 3:2Rank 14 from verse 5
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    2To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

  15. Isaiah 11:4Rank 15 from verse 5
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    4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

  16. Psalms 25:13Rank 16 from verse 5
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    13His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

  17. Psalms 37:22Rank 17 from verse 5
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    22For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

  18. Psalms 37:29Rank 18 from verse 5
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    29The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

  19. Psalms 37:9Rank 19 from verse 5
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    9For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

  20. Psalms 69:32Rank 20 from verse 5
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    32The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

  21. 1 Peter 3:4Rank 21 from verse 5
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    4But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

  22. Romans 4:13Rank 22 from verse 5
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    13For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

  23. 1 Timothy 6:11Rank 23 from verse 5
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    11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

  24. Psalms 147:6Rank 24 from verse 5
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    6The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

  25. 2 Timothy 2:25Rank 25 from verse 5
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    25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

  26. Matthew 21:5Rank 26 from verse 5
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    5Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

  27. Psalms 37:34Rank 27 from verse 5
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    34Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

  28. Isaiah 60:21Rank 28 from verse 5
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    21Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

  29. Isaiah 61:1Rank 29 from verse 5
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    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;

  30. Psalms 22:26Rank 30 from verse 5
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    26The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

From verse 6

  1. John 4:14Rank 1 from verse 6
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    14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

  2. Psalms 107:9Rank 2 from verse 6
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    9For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

  3. John 6:27Rank 3 from verse 6
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    27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

  4. John 6:48–58Rank 4 from verse 6
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    48I am that bread of life.

    49Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

    50This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

    51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

    52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

    53Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

    54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

    55For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

    56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

    57As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

    58This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

  5. Psalms 145:19Rank 5 from verse 6
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    19He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

  6. Isaiah 55:1–3Rank 6 from verse 6
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    1HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

    2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

    3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

  7. John 7:37Rank 7 from verse 6
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    37In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

  8. Luke 6:21Rank 8 from verse 6
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    21Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

  9. Revelation 7:16Rank 9 from verse 6
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    16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

  10. Psalms 42:1–2Rank 10 from verse 6
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    1AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

    2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

  11. Isaiah 44:3Rank 11 from verse 6
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    3For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

  12. Psalms 63:1–2Rank 12 from verse 6
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    1O GOD, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

    2To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

  13. Amos 8:11–13Rank 13 from verse 6
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    11¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:

    12And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

    13In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

  14. Luke 1:53Rank 14 from verse 6
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    53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

  15. Psalms 65:4Rank 15 from verse 6
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    4Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

  16. Isaiah 65:13Rank 16 from verse 6
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    13Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

  17. Psalms 4:6–7Rank 17 from verse 6
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    6There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

    7Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

  18. Psalms 84:2Rank 18 from verse 6
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    2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

  19. Isaiah 49:9–10Rank 19 from verse 6
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    9That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

    10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

  20. Psalms 17:15Rank 20 from verse 6
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    15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

  21. Isaiah 41:17Rank 21 from verse 6
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    17When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

  22. Isaiah 25:6Rank 22 from verse 6
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    6¶ And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

  23. Luke 6:25Rank 23 from verse 6
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    25Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

  24. Psalms 63:5Rank 24 from verse 6
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    5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

  25. Song of Solomon 5:1Rank 25 from verse 6
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    1I AM come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

  26. Isaiah 66:11Rank 26 from verse 6
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    11That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

From verse 7

  1. Ephesians 4:32–1Rank 1 from verse 7
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  2. Matthew 6:14–15Rank 2 from verse 7
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    14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

    15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

  3. 2 Samuel 22:26Rank 3 from verse 7
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    26With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

  4. Matthew 18:33–35Rank 4 from verse 7
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    33Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

    34And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

    35So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

  5. Psalms 18:25Rank 5 from verse 7
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    25With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

  6. James 2:13Rank 6 from verse 7
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    13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

  7. James 3:17Rank 7 from verse 7
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    17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

  8. Colossians 3:12Rank 8 from verse 7
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    12Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

  9. Micah 6:8Rank 9 from verse 7
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    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?

  10. Luke 6:35Rank 10 from verse 7
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    35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

  11. Proverbs 19:17Rank 11 from verse 7
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    17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

  12. Daniel 4:27Rank 12 from verse 7
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    27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

  13. Hebrews 6:10Rank 13 from verse 7
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    10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

  14. Psalms 41:1–4Rank 14 from verse 7
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    1BLESSED is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

    2The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

    3The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

    4I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

  15. Proverbs 11:17Rank 15 from verse 7
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    17The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

  16. Hebrews 4:16Rank 16 from verse 7
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    16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

  17. Proverbs 14:21Rank 17 from verse 7
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    21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

  18. 1 Peter 2:10Rank 18 from verse 7
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    10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

  19. Mark 11:25Rank 19 from verse 7
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    25And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

  20. Hosea 2:1Rank 20 from verse 7
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    1SAY ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru-hamah.

  21. Psalms 112:4Rank 21 from verse 7
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    4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

  22. Psalms 37:26Rank 22 from verse 7
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    26He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

  23. Isaiah 58:6–12Rank 23 from verse 7
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    6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

    7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

    8¶ Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.

    9Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

    10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

    11And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

    12And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

  24. Psalms 112:9Rank 24 from verse 7
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    9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

  25. 1 Timothy 1:13Rank 25 from verse 7
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    13Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

  26. 2 Timothy 1:16–18Rank 26 from verse 7
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    16The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

    17But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.

    18The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

  27. 1 Corinthians 7:25Rank 27 from verse 7
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    25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

  28. 1 Timothy 1:16Rank 28 from verse 7
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    16Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

  29. Job 31:16–22Rank 29 from verse 7
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    16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

    17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

    18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)

    19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

    20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

    21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

    22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

  30. Hosea 1:6Rank 30 from verse 7
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    6¶ And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

  31. Hosea 2:23Rank 31 from verse 7
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    23And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

  32. Isaiah 57:1Rank 32 from verse 7
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    1THE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

  33. Romans 11:30Rank 33 from verse 7
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    30For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

  34. 2 Corinthians 4:1Rank 34 from verse 7
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    1THEREFORE seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

From verse 8

  1. Psalms 24:4Rank 1 from verse 8
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    4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

  2. Psalms 51:10Rank 2 from verse 8
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    10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

  3. Hebrews 10:22Rank 3 from verse 8
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    22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

  4. Hebrews 12:14Rank 4 from verse 8
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    14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

  5. Ezekiel 36:25–27Rank 5 from verse 8
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    25¶ Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

    26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

    27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

  6. Proverbs 22:11Rank 6 from verse 8
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    11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

  7. James 4:8Rank 7 from verse 8
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    8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

  8. 1 Peter 1:22Rank 8 from verse 8
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    22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

  9. James 3:17Rank 9 from verse 8
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    17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

  10. Psalms 15:2Rank 10 from verse 8
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    2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

  11. Titus 1:15Rank 11 from verse 8
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    15Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

  12. Psalms 73:1Rank 12 from verse 8
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    1TRULY God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

  13. 1 John 3:2–3Rank 13 from verse 8
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    2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

    3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

  14. Acts 15:9Rank 14 from verse 8
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    9And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

  15. Matthew 23:25–28Rank 15 from verse 8
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    25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

    26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

    27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

    28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

  16. 2 Corinthians 7:1Rank 16 from verse 8
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    1HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

  17. Hebrews 9:14Rank 17 from verse 8
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    14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  18. Psalms 18:26Rank 18 from verse 8
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    26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

  19. 1 Chronicles 29:17–19Rank 19 from verse 8
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    17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

    18O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

    19And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

  20. Job 19:26–27Rank 20 from verse 8
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    26And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

    27Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

  21. 1 Corinthians 13:12Rank 21 from verse 8
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    12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

  22. Revelation 22:4Rank 22 from verse 8
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    4And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

  23. Genesis 32:30Rank 23 from verse 8
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    30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

  24. Psalms 51:6Rank 24 from verse 8
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    6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

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Matthew 5:2

COMBINED MEANING

opened

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of open, meaning to uncover, reveal, or explain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

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Matthew 5:3

COMBINED MEANING

blessed

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1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

↗

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

kingdom

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The rule, royal authority, government, realm, territory, subjects, or dominion of a king.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heaven

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Sense 1: The firmament or expanse above the earth, including the sky and the region of the sun, moon, stars, clouds, rain, and flying creatures. Sense 2: The realm above spoken of as God's throne and dwelling place, and as the place of angels, heavenly beings, and the righteous. Sense 3: By metonymy, God, heavenly authority or source, or those who dwell there.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 5:4

COMBINED MEANING

blessed

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1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mourn

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Sense 1: To grieve, sorrow, lament, weep, or express distress. Sense 2: To show the effects of ruin and sorrow.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

↗

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

↗

An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

comforted

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Sense 1: Relieved, strengthened, encouraged, consoled, or given rest. Sense 2: Satisfied or brought to a settled state.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 5:5

COMBINED MEANING

blessed

↗

1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

↗

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

↗

An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

earth

↗

Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 5:6

COMBINED MEANING

blessed

↗

1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

↗

1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hunger

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Sense 1: The bodily craving or need for food. Sense 2: As a verb, to feel that need or earnestly desire.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thirst

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Sense 1: A strong need or desire for drink; by figure, an intense desire for something. Sense 2: To feel thirst; by figure, to desire intensely.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

after

↗

1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

↗

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

↗

An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

filled

↗

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fill. Sense 1: To make full or occupy capacity. Sense 2: To satisfy. Sense 3: To occupy. Sense 4: To complete what is lacking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 5:7

COMBINED MEANING

blessed

↗

1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

↗

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

↗

An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

mercy

↗

Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 5:8

COMBINED MEANING

blessed

↗

1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

pure

↗

Clean, undefiled, unmixed, uncorrupted, genuine, clear, or sincere; free from contaminating matter or evil.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

↗

1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heart

↗

Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

↗

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

↗

An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

see

↗

Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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5:1AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:

5:2And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

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5:3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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5:4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

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5:5Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

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5:6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

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5:7Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

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5:8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

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5:9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

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