Matthew 5:7

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“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.”

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BSBPD

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“`Happy the kind--because they shall find kindness.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 5:7 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 22:26To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
  2. Job 31:16If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
  3. Psalms 18:25To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
  4. Psalms 37:26They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
  5. Psalms 41:1Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
  6. Psalms 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
  7. Psalms 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
  8. Proverbs 11:17A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
  9. Proverbs 14:21He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
  10. Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
  11. Isaiah 57:1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
  12. Isaiah 58:6Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
  13. Daniel 4:27Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
  14. Hosea 1:6Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
  15. Hosea 2:1“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’
  16. Hosea 2:23And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
  17. Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
  18. Matthew 6:14For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
  19. Matthew 18:33Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’
  20. Mark 11:25And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”
  21. Luke 6:35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
  22. Romans 11:30Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,
  23. 1 Corinthians 7:25Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
  24. 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.

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