Matthew 5:6 - King James Version - American Edition

⁶ Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Blessed and fortunate and happy and spiritually prosperous (in that state in which the born-again child of God enjoys His favor and salvation) are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), for they shall be completely satisfied! [Isa. 55:1, 2.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Common English Bible

⁶ “Happy are people who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, because they will be fed until they are full.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.

Matthew 5:6 Cross References

Psalm 107:9

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

Psalm 145:19

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

Psalm 17:15

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

Psalm 63:5

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

Psalm 65:4

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

Psalm 84:2

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

Proverbs 10:24

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

Proverbs 21:21

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

Song of Solomon 5:1

I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: 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, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

Isaiah 25:6

And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto 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.

Isaiah 41:17

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.

Isaiah 44:3

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 thine offspring:

Isaiah 65:13

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:

Isaiah 66:11

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

Jeremiah 31:25

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

Luke 1:53

He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

Luke 6:21

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

Luke 6:25

Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

John 4:14

but whosoever 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.

John 6:27

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

John 7:37

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

Revelation 7:16

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