Matthew 5:4

Which verses does Matthew 5:4 point to?

The 20 strongest of 33, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. Revelation 21:496 votes

   ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

2. 2 Corinthians 7:9–1080 votes

   yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us. Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

3. Isaiah 61:2–357 votes

   to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn, to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

4. John 16:20–2257 votes

   Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. …

5. Psalm 126:5–646 votes

   Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.

6. Isaiah 57:1843 votes

   I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

7. Luke 6:2137 votes

   Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

8. Revelation 7:14–1737 votes

   “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them. …

9. James 1:1230 votes

   Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

10. Isaiah 51:11–1228 votes

    So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee. “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?

11. Isaiah 25:825 votes
12. 2 Corinthians 1:4–724 votes
13. Isaiah 66:1022 votes
14. Psalm 30:7–1121 votes
15. Isaiah 35:1021 votes
16. Ezekiel 9:421 votes
17. Isaiah 30:1920 votes
18. Jeremiah 31:16–1717 votes
19. Psalm 40:1–316 votes
20. Psalm 69:29–3016 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 5:4?

The 10 strongest of 42.

• Psalm 30:5 61
• Isaiah 61:1 50
• Matthew 5:3 46
• Isaiah 66:2 39
• Deuteronomy 11:27 37
• Psalm 126:5 24
• Psalm 119:1 21
• Isaiah 61:2 20
• Joel 2:13 20
• Ephesians 4:2 20