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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For

General references

Psalm 107:9

Jeremiah 31:25

Bible References

Are

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

Behold, the days come," says the Lord GOD, "that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD.

He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

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

Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."

For

Many say, "Who will show us any good?" LORD, let the light of your face shine on us.

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, that he may dwell in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.

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

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends. Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.

In this mountain, the LORD of hosts will make all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of choice wines, of fat things full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.

The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

For I will pour water upon the thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring:

saying to those who are bound, 'Come out.'; to those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' "They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.

"Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters. Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be disappointed;

that you may nurse and be satisfied at the comforting breasts; that you may drink deeply, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory."

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; 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 and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

They will hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat;

General references

For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished."