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Luke 6:20-24
Then looking up at his disciples, he said: Blessed are you who are poor, because the kingdom of God is yours.Blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, because you will laugh.Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you, insult you, and slander your name as evil because of the Son of Man.“ Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. Take note— your reward is great in heaven, for this is the way their ancestors used to treat the prophets.But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort.
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James 2:5
Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?
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2 Corinthians 8 9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
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Luke 12:32
Don’t be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights to give you the kingdom.
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Matthew 25:34
Then the King will say to those on his right,‘ Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
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Revelation 2:9
I know your affliction and poverty, but you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
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James 1:9-10
Let the brother of humble circumstances boast in his exaltation,but let the rich boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
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2 Corinthians 6 10
as grieving, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
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Isaiah 29:19
The humble will have joy after joy in the LORD, and the poor people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
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Zephaniah 3:12
I will leave a meek and humble people among you, and they will take refuge in the name of the LORD.
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Matthew 5:2-12
Then he began to teach them, saying:“ Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.Blessed are the humble, for they will inherit the earth.Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.“ You are blessed when they insult you and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of me.Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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2 Thessalonians 1 5
It is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment that you will be counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also are suffering,
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Psalms 113:7-8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the trash heapin order to seat them with nobles— with the nobles of his people.
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1 Corinthians 1 26-1 Corinthians 1 29
Brothers and sisters, consider your calling: Not many were wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world— what is viewed as nothing— to bring to nothing what is viewed as something,so that no one may boast in his presence.
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Luke 16:25
“‘ Son,’ Abraham said,‘ remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
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Psalms 37:16
The little that the righteous person has is better than the abundance of many wicked people.
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Proverbs 19:1
Better a poor person who lives with integrity than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.
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James 1:12
Blessed is the one who endures trials, because when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
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Isaiah 57:15-16
For the High and Exalted One, who lives forever, whose name is holy, says this:“ I live in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the oppressed.For I will not accuse you forever, and I will not always be angry; for then the spirit would grow weak before me, even the breath, which I have made.
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Proverbs 16:19
Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble than to divide plunder with the proud.
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1 Thessalonians 1 6
and you yourselves became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message with joy from the Holy Spirit.
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Isaiah 66:2
My hand made all these things, and so they all came into being. This is the LORD’s declaration. I will look favorably on this kind of person: one who is humble, submissive in spirit, and trembles at my word.
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Luke 14:15
When one of those who reclined at the table with him heard these things, he said to him,“ Blessed is the one who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
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Matthew 12:49-50
Stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said,“ Here are my mother and my brothers!For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
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Acts 14:22
strengthening the disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them,“ It is necessary to go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.”
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1 Corinthians 3 21-1 Corinthians 3 23
So let no one boast in human leaders, for everything is yours—whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come— everything is yours,and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
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Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed,
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John 7:48-49
Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in him?But this crowd, which doesn’t know the law, is accursed.”
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1 Samuel 2 8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the trash heap. He seats them with noblemen and gives them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; he has set the world on them.
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2 Corinthians 8 2
During a severe trial brought about by affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
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Zechariah 11:11
It was annulled on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
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Luke 13:28
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown out.
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Matthew 11:5
The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news,
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Mark 3:34-35
Looking at those sitting in a circle around him, he said,“ Here are my mother and my brothers!Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”