Matthew 5:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.

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  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
  • Luke 6:35 : 35 But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.
  • Rom 8:14 : 14 And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
  • Jas 3:16-18 : 16 For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing. 17 But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
  • Col 3:13 : 13 Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:
  • Rom 12:18 : 18 As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.
  • Ps 120:6 : 6 My soul has long been living with the haters of peace.
  • Eph 5:1-2 : 1 Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children; 2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
  • Jas 1:19-20 : 19 You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry; 20 For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.
  • Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
  • Ps 82:6-7 : 6 I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the Most High: 7 But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.
  • 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God.
  • 2 Cor 13:11 : 11 Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.
  • Rom 14:1-7 : 1 Do not put on one side him who is feeble in faith, and do not put him in doubt by your reasonings. 2 One man has faith to take all things as food: another who is feeble in faith takes only green food. 3 Let not him who takes food have a low opinion of him who does not: and let not him who does not take food be a judge of him who does; for he has God's approval. 4 Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling. 5 This man puts one day before another: to that man they are the same. Let every man be certain in his mind. 6 He who keeps the day, keeps it to the Lord; and he who takes food, takes it as to the Lord, for he gives praise to God; and he who does not take food, to the Lord he takes it not, and gives praise to God. 7 For every man's life and every man's death has a relation to others as well as to himself.
  • Matt 5:48 : 48 Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.
  • Luke 20:36 : 36 And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead.
  • 2 Tim 2:22-24 : 22 But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart. 23 And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble. 24 For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,
  • Phil 2:1-3 : 1 If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity, 2 Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind; 3 Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;
  • Phil 2:15-16 : 15 So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world, 16 Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.
  • 1 Pet 1:14-16 : 14 Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge: 15 But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy; 16 Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.
  • Phil 4:2 : 2 I make request to Euodias and Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.
  • Acts 7:26 : 26 And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?
  • Ps 122:6-8 : 6 O make prayers for the peace of Jerusalem; may they whose love is given to you do well. 7 May peace be inside your walls, and wealth in your noble houses. 8 Because of my brothers and friends, I will now say, Let peace be with you.
  • 1 Chr 12:17 : 17 And David went out to them, and said to them, If you have come in peace to give me help, my heart will be united with yours; but if you have come to give me up to those who would take my life, though my hands are clean from wrongdoing, then may the God of our fathers see it and give you punishment.
  • Ps 34:12 : 12 What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?
  • Rom 14:17-19 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men. 19 So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.
  • 1 Cor 6:6 : 6 But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges.

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    4 Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.

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    43 You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:

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    2 And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them,

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    50 For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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    32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

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    16 Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

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    17 And of the way of peace they have no knowledge:

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