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.

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General references

Psalm 107:9

Jeremiah 31:25

Bible References

Are

For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!

A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.

For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.

Be certain of this, the time is coming," says the sovereign Lord, "when I will send a famine through the land -- not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation!

he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.

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

Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life -- the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him."

For

Many say, "Who can show us anything good?" Smile upon us, Lord!

As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face; when I awake you will reveal yourself to me.

As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,

How blessed is the one whom you choose, and allow to live in your palace courts. May we be satisfied with the good things of your house -- your holy palace.

He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them.

The Lover to His Beloved: I have entered my garden, O my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk! The Poet to the Couple: Eat, friends, and drink! Drink freely, O lovers!

The Lord who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine -- tender meat and choicest wine.

The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.

You will say to the prisoners, 'Come out,' and to those who are in dark dungeons, 'Emerge.' They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.

"Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

So this is what the sovereign Lord says: "Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!

For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts.

But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life."

I am the bread of life.

On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and

They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat,

General references

For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.

I will fully satisfy the needs of those who are weary and fully refresh the souls of those who are faint.