Matthew 5:3
\n\"Blessed are the poor in spirit!<\/strong> For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. \"<\/td>In Isaiah, God had already declared he would dwell with the crushed and humble spirited. Moving in the Wisdom books he reaffirms this closeness.<\/td> | Psalm 34:18<\/strong>
\n\"The LORD is near those with a broken heart; and saves those with a crushed spirit\"
\nPsalm 51:17<\/strong>
\n\"A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tMatthew 5:4
\n \"Blessed are those that mourn! <\/strong>For they shall be comforted \"<\/td>Jesus lived this truth of course, a man of sorrow who endured the cross for the Joy ahead of hi,.<\/td> | Psalm 30:10-11<\/strong>
\n\"You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tMatthew 5:5
\n\"Blessed are the meek! <\/strong>For they shall inherit the earth\"<\/td>The meek inheriting the Earth is an idea appears explicitly in the Wisdom books.<\/td> | Psalm 37:9-11<\/strong>
\n\"Those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth... \u00a0But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tMatthew 5:6
\n\"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness! <\/strong>For they shall be filled. \"<\/td>Jesus takes the idea of God rewarding those that want to be righteous to its logical conclusion.<\/td> | Proverbs 21:21<\/strong>
\n\"The person who pursues righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honour\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tMatthew 5:7
\n\"Blessed are the merciful!<\/strong> For they shall obtain mercy.\"<\/td>Mercy is regularly presented in the Wisdom books as a divine quality and as a attitude of which God approves and rewards. <\/td> | Proverbs 11:17<\/strong>
\n\"The merciful man does his own soul good\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tMatthew 5:8
\n\"Blessed are the pure in heart!<\/strong> For they shall see God \"<\/td>Psalms links the idea of a pure heart with seeking God's face and implies that they will be rewarded in their seeking.<\/td> | Psalm 24:4-6<\/strong>
\n\"He that has clean hands, and a pure heart...\u00a0he shall receive the blessing from the LORD... This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek your face\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tMatthew 5:9
\n\"Blessed are the peacemakers!<\/strong> For they shall be called the sons of God \"<\/td>God's approval of those that seek peace is peppered through Psalms and Proverbs.<\/td> | Psalm 34:14<\/strong>
\n\"Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it\"
\nPsalm 37:37<\/strong>
\n\"Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace\"
\nProverbs 16:7
\n\"When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tMatthew 5:10
\n\"Blessed are they who have been persecuted for righteousness sake!<\/strong> For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven\"<\/td>2 Chronicles 36:16<\/strong> acknowledges that God's messengers get persecuted, then inPsalm 119:161<\/strong> we read about the man who awes Gods word but is persecuted unfairly. Elsewhere God promises security and closeness to the righteous. See right...<\/td>Prov 10:25<\/strong>
\n\"When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever\"
\nProverbs 12:3<\/strong>
\n\"The root of the righteous shall not be moved\"
\nProverbs 12:7<\/strong>
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<\/a>Proverbs 8 spells out the role of Wisdom as a active agent in Creation, the passage makes Wisdom female, but the didn’t stop first century Jewish Philosopher Philo refering to Wisdom as “The Word” and calling it\/her\/him “the first-born Son of God”.<\/p>\n![\"book](\"http:\/\/jesuscentred.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/book-2-e1436898881195.jpg\")
<\/a>nd Jesus connects himself with Wisdom in Matt 11:19 by quoting from the inter-testamental book of Ecclesiasticus: “Wisdom is vindicated by all her children”<\/em>.<\/p>\n