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Matthew 5:7–8

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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 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 5:7

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.

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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

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

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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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