Matthew 5:7 · KJV
“Blessed {are} the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.”
— Matthew 5:7
Blessed {are} they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed {are} the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Matthew 5 — Context
Blessed {are} the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6Blessed {are} they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
7Blessed {are} the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8Blessed {are} the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
9Blessed {are} the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Cross References
Ephesians 4:32
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Matthew 6:14-15
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
2 Samuel 22:26
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, {and} with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
Matthew 18:33-35
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
Psalms 18:25
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
James 2:13
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. {rejoiceth: or, glorieth}
James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, {and} easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. {partiality: or, wrangling}
Colossians 3:12
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;