Matthew 5:7

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Matthew 5 · Words of Christ are set in red.

2 songs meet this passage

  • In A Minute · Lil Baby

    strains against Matthew 5:7

    Jesus blesses the merciful; this line enshrines mercilessness as a learned survival code.

  • “The words that Jesus said / About the road to happiness”

    Man in Black · Johnny Cash

    resonates with Matthew 5:3-10

    The Beatitudes describe the very 'road to happiness through love and charity' the song says most people ignore.

Elsewhere in Matthew 5