Matthew 5:6

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Summary

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Are

For

General references

Psalm 107:9

Jeremiah 31:25

Bible References

Are

For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.
As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So my soul

pants for You, O God.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

For He has satisfied the thirsty soul,
And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“When I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water,
But rather for hearing the words of the Lord.

“He has filled the hungry with good things;
And sent away the rich empty-handed.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.”

For

Many are saying, “Who will show us any good?”

Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O Lord!

As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness;

I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.

My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
And my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.

How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You
To dwell in Your courts.
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple.

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He will also hear their cry and will save them.

“I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;
I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
I have drunk my wine and my milk.
Eat, friends;
Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers.”

The Lord of hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all peoples on this mountain;

A banquet of aged wine, choice pieces with marrow,
And refined, aged wine.

“The afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none,
And their tongue is parched with thirst;
I, the Lord, will answer them Myself,
As the God of Israel I will not forsake them.

‘For I will pour out water on the thirsty land
And streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring
And My blessing on your descendants;

Saying to those who are bound, ‘Go forth,’
To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’
Along the roads they will feed,
And their pasture will be on all bare heights.

“Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have no money come, buy and eat.
Come, buy wine and milk

Without money and without cost.

Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry.
Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty.
Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

That you may nurse and be satisfied with her comforting breasts,
That you may suck and be delighted with her bountiful bosom.”

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

I am the bread of life.

Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “

If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat;

General references

For He has satisfied the thirsty soul,
And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone who languishes.”