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This completely revised and updated edition of Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary is the most comprehensive and up-to-date Bible dictionary available. Designed, written, and edited with the needs of general readers in mind. A wealth of background information is found in more than 7,000 encyclopedic entries on the people, places, things, and doctrines of the Bible. Written in plain language,...

— those who admit their spiritual inadequacy and cast themselves on the mercy of God (Matt. 5:3). The poor in spirit are the opposite of the proud, the arrogant, the self-righteous who boast of their own goodness. Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18:9–14) illustrates this contrast. The Gospel of Luke declares, “Blessed are you poor for yours is the kingdom of God” (Luke 6:20). The poor in spirit are those who look to the Lord for justice, mercy, and deliverance,
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