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Matt. 5:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Blessed are the poor ink spiritl: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.*

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Isa. 57:15• ¹⁵For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy, I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)

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Isa. 66:2• ²Even all those [things] hath my hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith Jehovah. But to this [man] will I look, to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and trembling at my word. (Isa. 66:2)

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James 2:5• ⁵Hear, my beloved brethren; did not God choose the poor as to the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those that love him? (James 2:5)

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Blessed.

Matt. 5:4‑11• ⁴Blessed they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.
⁵Blessed the meek; for they shall inherit the earth.
⁶Blessed they that hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled.
⁷Blessed the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.
⁸Blessed the pure in heart; for they shall see God.
⁹Blessed the peace-makers; for they shall be called sons of God.
¹⁰Blessed they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
¹¹Blessed are ye when they shall reproach and persecute you, and falsely say every wicked word against you for my sake. (Matt. 5:4‑11)

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Matt. 11:6• ⁶{i}and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.{/i} (Matt. 11:6)

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Matt. 13:16• ¹⁶{i}But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear;{/i} (Matt. 13:16)

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Matt. 24:46• ⁴⁶Blessed [is] that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find so doing. (Matt. 24:46)

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Psa. 1:1• ¹Blessed [is] the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked,{HR}And hath not stood in the way of sinners,{HR}And hath not sat in the seat of scorners. (Psa. 1:1)

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Psa. 2:12• ¹²Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and ye perish in the way{HR}When his anger consumeth but a little:{HR}Blessed [are] all who trust in him. (Psa. 2:12)

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Psa. 32:1‑2• ¹Of David: Maschil.{HR}Blessed [is] the one forgiven [as to] transgression, covered [as to] sin.
²Blessed [is] the man to whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity,{HR}And in his spirit [there is] no guile. (Psa. 32:1‑2)

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Psa. 41:1• ¹To the chief musician; a psalm of David.{HR}Blessed [is] he that payeth attention to the poor;{HR}In the day of evil Jehovah will deliver him. (Psa. 41:1)

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Psa. 84:12• ¹²O Jehovah of hosts,{HR}Blessed the man that trusteth in thee. (Psa. 84:12)

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Psa. 112:1• ¹Praise ye Jah.{HR}Blessed [is] the man fearing Jehovah,{HR}In his commandments delighting greatly. (Psa. 112:1)

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Psa. 119:1‑2• ¹{i}Aleph{/i} {i}{HR}{/i}Blessed [are] the perfect in the way,{HR}That walk in Jehovah's law.
²Blessed [are] they that observe his testimonies,{HR}That seek him with a whole heart. (Psa. 119:1‑2)

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Psa. 128:1• ¹A song of the ascents.{HR}Happy [is] every fearer of Jehovah,{HR}That walketh in his ways. (Psa. 128:1)

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Psa. 146:5• ⁵Blessed he, whose help [is] Jacob's God ,{HR}Whose hope [is] in Jehovah his God, (Psa. 146:5)

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Prov. 8:32• ³²And now, sons, hearken to me;{HR}And blessed are [those that] keep my ways: (Prov. 8:32)

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Isa. 30:18• ¹⁸And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he lift himself up that he may have mercy upon you; for Jehovah [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him. (Isa. 30:18)

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Luke 6:20,21‑26• ²⁰And he, lifting up his eyes upon his disciples, said, Blessed [are] ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
²¹{i}Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.{/i}
²²Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from them], and shall reproach [you], and cast out your name as wicked, for the Son of man's sake.
²³Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for behold, your reward is great in the heaven: for after this manner did their fathers act towards the prophets.
²⁴But woe unto you rich! for ye have received your consolation.
²⁵Woe unto you that are filled! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
²⁶Woe when all men shall speak well of you! For after this manner did their fathers to the false prophets. (Luke 6:20,21‑26)

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Luke 11:28• ²⁸But he said, Yea, rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep [it]. (Luke 11:28)

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John 20:29• ²⁹Jesus saith to him, Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed; blessed are those that saw not and believed. (John 20:29)

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Rom. 4:6‑9• ⁶Just as David also describeth the blessedness of the man to whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works.
⁷“Blessed they whose iniquities have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered;
⁸blessed [the] man to whom the Lord will in no way reckon sin.”
⁹This blessedness then [cometh it] upon the circumcision or also upon the uncircumcision? For we say that to Abraham faith was reckoned for righteousness. (Rom. 4:6‑9)

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James 1:12• ¹²Blest [is] a man who endureth trial; because, having been put to the proof, he shall receive the crown of life which he promised to those that love him. (James 1:12)

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Rev. 19:9• ⁹And he saith to me, Write: Blessed {i}are{/i} those that are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith to me, These are the true words of God. (Rev. 19:9)

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Rev. 22:14• ¹⁴Blessed {i}are{/i} those that wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in by the gates into the city. (Rev. 22:14)

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Matt. 11:25• ²⁵{i}At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.{/i} (Matt. 11:25)

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Matt. 18:1‑3• ¹{i}In that hour the disciples came to Jesus saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?{/i}
²{i}And Jesus having called a little child to [him], set it in their midst,{/i}
³{i}and said, Verily I say to you, Unless ye are converted and become as little children, ye will not at all enter into the kingdom of the heavens.{/i} (Matt. 18:1‑3)

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Lev. 26:41‑42• ⁴¹so [that] I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies. If then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity,
⁴²I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. (Lev. 26:41‑42)

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Deut. 8:2• ²And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. (Deut. 8:2)

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2 Chron. 7:14• ¹⁴{i}and my people, who are called by my name, humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land{/i}. (2 Chron. 7:14)

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2 Chron. 33:12,19,23• ¹²{i}And when he was in affliction, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,{/i}
¹⁹{i}And his prayer, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin and his unfaithfulness, and the places in which he built high places, and set up Asherahs and graven images, before he was humbled, behold, they are written among the words of Hozai.{/i}
²³{i}And he did not humble himself before Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; for he, Amon, multiplied trespass{/i}, (2 Chron. 33:12,19,23)

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2 Chron. 34:27• ²⁷{i}Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard thee , saith Jehovah.{/i} (2 Chron. 34:27)

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Job 42:6• ⁶Therefore do I loathe [myself],{HR}And repent in dust and ashes. (Job 42:6)

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Psa. 34:18• ¹⁸Jehovah [is] nigh unto the broken in heart{HR}And he saveth the contrite in spirit. (Psa. 34:18)

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Psa. 51:17• ¹⁷The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit;{HR}A heart broken and contrite, Ο God, thou wilt not despise. (Psa. 51:17)

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Prov. 16:19• ¹⁹Better [is it to be] a humble spirit with the poor,{HR}Than to divide the spoil with the strong. (Prov. 16:19)

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Prov. 29:23• ²³{i}A man's pride bringeth him low;{HR}But the humble in spirit shall obtain honour.{/i} (Prov. 29:23)

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Isa. 57:15• ¹⁵For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy, I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)

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Isa. 61:1• ¹The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah [is] upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and opening of the prison to the bound; (Isa. 61:1)

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Isa. 66:2• ²Even all those [things] hath my hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith Jehovah. But to this [man] will I look, to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and trembling at my word. (Isa. 66:2)

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Jer. 31:18‑20• ¹⁸I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
¹⁹Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
²⁰Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 31:18‑20)

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Dan. 5:21‑22• ²¹{i}and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the Most High God ruleth over the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.{/i}
²²And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; (Dan. 5:21‑22)

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Mic. 6:8• ⁸He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Mic. 6:8)

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Luke 4:18• ¹⁸[The] Spirit of [the] Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to [the] poor; he hath sent me [to heal the broken-hearted], to preach to captives deliverance, and to [the] blind sight, to send forth [the] crushed delivered, (Luke 4:18)

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Luke 6:20• ²⁰And he, lifting up his eyes upon his disciples, said, Blessed [are] ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. (Luke 6:20)

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Luke 18:14• ¹⁴I say unto you, this [man] went down to his house justified rather than that [other]; for everyone who exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. (Luke 18:14)

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James 1:10• ¹⁰and the rich in his humiliation, because as flower of grass, he will pass away. (James 1:10)

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James 4:9‑10• ⁹Sorrow, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned unto mourning, and [your] joy unto heaviness.
¹⁰Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he will exalt you. (James 4:9‑10)

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Matt. 3:2• ²{i}and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.{/i} (Matt. 3:2)

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Matt. 8:11• ¹¹{i}But I say unto you, that many shall come from [the] rising and setting [sun], and shall lie down at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens;{/i} (Matt. 8:11)

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Mark 10:14• ¹⁴But when Jesus saw [it], he was indignant, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:14)

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James 2:5• ⁵Hear, my beloved brethren; did not God choose the poor as to the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those that love him? (James 2:5)

• A man of spirit is one who — such as Cain was — is determined not to be beaten; a soul who would fight it out with God Himself. He who is "poor in spirit" is the very opposite of this. It is a person who is broken, who feels that the dust is his right place. And every soul that knows God must, more or less, be there. (“Remarks on Matthew 5:1-17” by W. Kelly)

• By the "kingdom of heaven" He does not mean heaven: it never means heaven, but always takes in the earth as under the rule of heaven. (“Remarks on Matthew 5:1-17” by W. Kelly)

• He does not speak of the Church here. There might have been the kingdom of heaven and no Church at all. It is not till the sixteenth chapter of this Gospel that the subject of the Church is broached, and then it is a thing promised and expressly distinguished from the kingdom of heaven. (“Remarks on Matthew 5:1-17” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Blessed are the poor in spirit, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens.

W. Kelly Translation

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Blessed the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.