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Matthew 5:7–11

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Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
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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.

From verse 9

  1. Hebrews 12:14Rank 1 from verse 9
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    14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

  2. James 3:16–18Rank 2 from verse 9
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    16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

    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.

    18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

  3. Romans 12:18Rank 3 from verse 9
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    18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

  4. Galatians 5:22Rank 4 from verse 9
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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

  5. Psalms 120:6Rank 5 from verse 9
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    6My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

  6. Romans 8:14Rank 6 from verse 9
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    14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

  7. Luke 6:35Rank 7 from verse 9
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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.

  8. Romans 14:17–19Rank 8 from verse 9
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    17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

    18For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

    19Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

  9. Ephesians 5:1–2Rank 9 from verse 9
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    1BE ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

    2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

  10. 2 Corinthians 13:11Rank 10 from verse 9
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    11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

  11. James 1:19–20Rank 11 from verse 9
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    19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

    20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

  12. Psalms 122:6–8Rank 12 from verse 9
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    6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

    7Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

    8For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

  13. 2 Timothy 2:22–24Rank 13 from verse 9
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    22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

    23But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

    24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

  14. Colossians 3:13Rank 14 from verse 9
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    13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

  15. Psalms 82:6–7Rank 15 from verse 9
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    6I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

    7But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

  16. Matthew 5:48Rank 16 from verse 9
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    48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

  17. Romans 14:1–7Rank 17 from verse 9
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    1HIM that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

    2For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

    3Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

    4Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

    5One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

    6He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

    7For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

  18. 1 Peter 1:14–16Rank 18 from verse 9
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    14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

    15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

    16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

  19. Philippians 2:15–16Rank 19 from verse 9
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    15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

    16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

  20. Psalms 34:12Rank 20 from verse 9
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    12What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

  21. Philippians 2:1–3Rank 21 from verse 9
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    1IF there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

    2Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

    3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

  22. 2 Corinthians 5:20Rank 22 from verse 9
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    20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

  23. Acts 7:26Rank 23 from verse 9
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    26And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

  24. Matthew 5:45Rank 24 from verse 9
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    45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

  25. Luke 20:36Rank 25 from verse 9
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    36Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

  26. 1 Chronicles 12:17Rank 26 from verse 9
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    17And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.

  27. Philippians 4:2Rank 27 from verse 9
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    2I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.

  28. 1 Corinthians 6:6Rank 28 from verse 9
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    6But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

  29. Ephesians 4:1Rank 29 from verse 9
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    1I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

From verse 10

  1. James 1:12Rank 1 from verse 10
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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.

  2. 1 Peter 3:13–14Rank 2 from verse 10
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    13And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

    14But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

  3. 2 Corinthians 4:17Rank 3 from verse 10
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    17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

  4. Matthew 5:3Rank 4 from verse 10
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    3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

  5. James 1:2–5Rank 5 from verse 10
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    2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

    3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

    4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

    5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

  6. Luke 6:22Rank 6 from verse 10
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    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.

  7. 2 Timothy 2:12Rank 7 from verse 10
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    12If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

  8. 2 Corinthians 4:8–12Rank 8 from verse 10
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    8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

    9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

    10Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

    11For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

    12So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

  9. Luke 21:12Rank 9 from verse 10
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    12But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.

  10. Philippians 1:28Rank 10 from verse 10
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    28And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

  11. 1 Peter 4:12–16Rank 11 from verse 10
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    12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

    13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

    14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

    15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

    16Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

  12. Revelation 2:10Rank 12 from verse 10
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    10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

  13. John 15:20Rank 13 from verse 10
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    20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

  14. 2 Thessalonians 1:4–7Rank 14 from verse 10
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    4So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

    5Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

    6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

    7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

  15. 2 Timothy 3:11Rank 15 from verse 10
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    11Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

  16. Matthew 25:34Rank 16 from verse 10
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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:

  17. Psalms 37:12Rank 17 from verse 10
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    12The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

  18. Mark 10:30Rank 18 from verse 10
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    30But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

  19. Romans 8:35–39Rank 19 from verse 10
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    35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

    36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

    37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

    38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

    39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  20. 1 Corinthians 4:9–13Rank 20 from verse 10
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    9For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

    10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

    11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

    12And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

    13Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

  21. Luke 6:20Rank 21 from verse 10
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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.

  22. Matthew 10:23Rank 22 from verse 10
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    23But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

  23. Acts 8:1Rank 23 from verse 10
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    1AND Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles.

  24. 1 John 3:12Rank 24 from verse 10
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    12Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

  25. Acts 5:40Rank 25 from verse 10
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    40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

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  1. 1 Peter 4:14Rank 1 from verse 11
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    14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

  2. Luke 21:17Rank 2 from verse 11
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    17And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.

  3. Mark 13:13Rank 3 from verse 11
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    13And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

  4. Matthew 24:9Rank 4 from verse 11
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    9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

  5. Luke 6:22Rank 5 from verse 11
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    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.

  6. 1 Peter 2:23Rank 6 from verse 11
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    23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

  7. John 15:21Rank 7 from verse 11
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    21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.

  8. Isaiah 66:5Rank 8 from verse 11
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    5¶ Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

  9. Matthew 10:22Rank 9 from verse 11
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    22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

  10. Matthew 10:39Rank 10 from verse 11
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    39He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

  11. Revelation 2:3Rank 11 from verse 11
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    3And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

  12. Luke 21:12Rank 12 from verse 11
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    12But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.

  13. Luke 9:24Rank 13 from verse 11
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    24For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

  14. 2 Corinthians 4:11Rank 14 from verse 11
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    11For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

  15. Mark 8:35Rank 15 from verse 11
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    35For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.

  16. Matthew 19:29Rank 16 from verse 11
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    29And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

  17. Romans 8:36Rank 17 from verse 11
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    36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

  18. 1 Corinthians 4:10Rank 18 from verse 11
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    10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

  19. Acts 9:16Rank 19 from verse 11
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    16For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

  20. Matthew 10:25Rank 20 from verse 11
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    25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

  21. Psalms 44:22Rank 21 from verse 11
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    22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

  22. Mark 13:9Rank 22 from verse 11
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    9¶ But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.

  23. Matthew 27:39Rank 23 from verse 11
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    39¶ And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

  24. Mark 4:17Rank 24 from verse 11
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    17And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.

  25. Matthew 10:18Rank 25 from verse 11
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    18And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

  26. John 9:28Rank 26 from verse 11
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    28Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples.

  27. Luke 7:33–34Rank 27 from verse 11
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    33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

    34The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

  28. Psalms 35:11Rank 28 from verse 11
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    11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

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DEFINED WORDS

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

DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 5:8

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

pure

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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

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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

heart

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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

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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

see

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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

DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 5:9

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

called

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

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

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 5:10

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

COMBINED MEANING

persecuted

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of persecute, meaning to pursue, harass, or oppress.

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

sake

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Cause, account, purpose, interest, or benefit; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of someone or something.

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 5:11

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

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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

revile

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To abuse, insult, reproach, or speak contemptuously against someone.

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

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

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

COMBINED MEANING

persecute

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Trouble, afflict, or pursue after; to pursue, harass, or oppress.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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

sake

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Cause, account, purpose, interest, or benefit; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of someone or something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

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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5:10Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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5:11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

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5:12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

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