Tag: Poor in spirit

  • Poor In Spirit

    Blessed are the poor in spirit – for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:3). How happy are those who know their need for God, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs! (Phillips)

    A poor man pleads for mercy (Proverbs 18:23). The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the Lord will praise Him (Psalm 22:26). This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; He saved him out of all his troubles (Psalm 34:6).

    From Your bounty, O God, You provided for the poor (Psalm 68:10). He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor (Psalm 112:9).

    Yet I am poor and needy, may the Lord think of me (Psalm 40:17).

    The poor in spirit inherit the Kingdom.