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

([Sons of Korah]) As the deer desires the water brooks, so I desire you, O God.

([[Psalm of David] in the wilderness of Judah:]) O God, you are my God. At dawn I search for you. I thirst for you. My body longs for you in a dry, parched land where there is no water.

How I want to be there! I long to be in Jehovah's temple. With my whole being I sing for joy to the living God.

For he satisfies the thirsty and the hungry person.

Behold, the day is coming, said the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land. Not a famine of bread, or a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of Jehovah.

He fills the hungry with good things and sends the rich away empty handed.

Blessed are you who hunger now for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now: for you shall laugh.

Do not work for food that perishes but for food that offers everlasting life. The Son of man will give you this food. The Father, even God, has set his seal upon him.

For

Many are saying: Who will show us good? Lift up the light of your countenance (face) (presence) upon us, O Jehovah!

I will see your face (be in your presence) when I am declared righteous. When I wake up, I will be satisfied to see (perceive) (comprehend) you.

You satisfy me with the richest foods. My mouth will sing your praise with joyful lips.

How blessed is the one you choose to 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 reverence him. He will also hear their cry and will save them.

(The Beloved) I came to my garden, my sister, my spouse. I gathered my myrrh with my spice. I ate my honeycomb with my honey and drank my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.

On this mountain Jehovah of Hosts will make a feast of rich food for all peoples, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear of dregs.

The poor and needy search for water, but there is none! Their tongues are parched with thirst. But I Jehovah will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring. I will give blessing to your descendants.

Say to those who are bound: Go forth, to those in the darkness and show yourselves. They will feed along the roads and their pasture is on all bare heights.

Come, all you 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.

Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: My servants will eat, but you will go hungry. My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame!

You will nurse and be satisfied from her comforting breasts. You will nurse and be satisfied at her full breasts.

But whoever drinks from the water that I give him will never thirst. The water that I will give him will be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

I am the bread of life.

On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and shouted in a loud voice: If any man thirst let him come to me and drink.

They will hunger no more, nor thirst any more; neither shall the sunlight beat down on them, nor any heat.

General references

For he satisfies the thirsty and the hungry person.

For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone filled with sorrow.