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

To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so my soul panteth after thee, O God.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

My soul longeth, and even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Behold, the days come, saith 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 hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he hath sent away empty.

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Labor not for the food which perisheth, but for that food which endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man will give to you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

For

There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance.

As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach to thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

I have come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh, with my spice; I have eaten my honey-comb with my honey; I have drank my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.

And on this mountain will the LORD of hosts make to all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy offspring:

That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may draw milk, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

But whoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

I am that bread of life.

In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirsteth, let him come to me, and drink.

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

General references

For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

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