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Matthew 5:6–7

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Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
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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;

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Matthew 5:6

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

which

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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

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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

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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

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after

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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for

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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

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shall

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

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

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filled

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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.

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Matthew 5:7

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

for

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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

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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

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

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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