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ISA 66:2
Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the Lord.“ These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word. (niv)
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PRO 29:23
Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor. (niv)
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PSA 34:18
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. (niv)
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PRO 16:19
Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud. (niv)
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ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 18 14
“ I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” (niv)
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2CH 7:14
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. (niv)
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ISA 57:15
For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy:“ I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. (niv)
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ISA 61:1
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, (niv)
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PSA 51:17
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. (niv)
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ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 6 20-ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 6 26
Looking at his disciples, he said:“ Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.“ Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.“ But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets. (niv)
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2CH 34:27
Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard what he spoke against this place and its people, and because you humbled yourself before me and tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the Lord. (niv)
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ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 5 3-ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 5 12
“ Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.Blessed are the meek, 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 children of God.Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.“ Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (niv)
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ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 2 5
Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? (niv)
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MIC 6:8
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. (niv)
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PSA 112:1
Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands. (niv)
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ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 18 1-ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 18 3
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked,“ Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them.And he said:“ Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. (niv)
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JOB 42:6
Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.” (niv)
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PSA 84:12
Lord Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you. (niv)
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ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 24 46
It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. (niv)
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ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 13 16
But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. (niv)
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PSA 1:1
Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, (niv)
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ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 11 28
He replied,“ Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” (niv)
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ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 11 25
At that time Jesus said,“ I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. (niv)
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PSA 128:1
Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him. (niv)
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ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 11 6
Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.” (niv)
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PSA 146:5
Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. (niv)
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PSA 119:1-2
Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord.Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart— (niv)
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PSA 41:1
Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the Lord delivers them in times of trouble. (niv)
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PRO 8:32
“ Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways. (niv)
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2CH 33:23
But unlike his father Manasseh, he did not humble himself before the Lord; Amon increased his guilt. (niv)
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ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 10 14
When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them,“ Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. (niv)
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ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 4 9-ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 4 10
Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. (niv)
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PSA 2:12
Kiss his son, or he will be angry and your way will lead to your destruction, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. (niv)
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ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 20 29
Then Jesus told him,“ Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” (niv)
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ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 4 6-ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 4 9
David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:“ Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness. (niv)
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ISA 30:18
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! (niv)
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2CH 33:12
In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. (niv)
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PSA 32:1-2
Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit. (niv)
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LEV 26:41-42
which made me hostile toward them so that I sent them into the land of their enemies— then when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they pay for their sin,I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land. (niv)
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DEU 8:2
Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. (niv)
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ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 22 14
“ Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. (niv)
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ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 4 18
“ The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, (niv)
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ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 1 10
But the rich should take pride in their humiliation— since they will pass away like a wild flower. (niv)
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2CH 33:19
His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself— all these are written in the records of the seers. (niv)
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ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 25 34
“ Then the King will say to those on his right,‘ Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. (niv)
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ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 19 9
Then the angel said to me,“ Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added,“ These are the true words of God.” (niv)
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ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 1 12
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. (niv)
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ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 8 11
I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. (niv)
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ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 3 2
and saying,“ Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” (niv)
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DAN 5:21-22
He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like the ox; and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and sets over them anyone he wishes.“ But you, Belshazzar, his son, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this. (niv)
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JER 31:18-20
“ I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:‘ You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return, because you are the Lord my God.After I strayed, I repented; after I came to understand, I beat my breast. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’Is not Ephraim my dear son, the child in whom I delight? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the Lord. (niv)