Matthew 5:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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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 satisfies him who is thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things.

Psalm 145:19

He fulfils the desire of all who fear him, he also hears their cry, and saves them.

Psalm 17:15

As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with beholding thy form.

Psalm 63:5

My soul is feasted as with marrow and fat, and my mouth praises thee with joyful lips,

Psalm 65:4

Blessed is he whom thou dost choose and bring near, to dwell in thy courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, thy holy temple!

Psalm 84:2

My soul longs, yea, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Proverbs 10:24

What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Proverbs 21:21

He who pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.

Song of Solomon 5:1

I come to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gather my myrrh with my spice, I eat my honeycomb with my honey, I drink my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink: drink deeply, O lovers!

Isaiah 25:6

On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wine on the lees well refined.

Isaiah 41:17

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Isaiah 44:3

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

Isaiah 65:13

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 put to shame;

Isaiah 66:11

that you may suck and be satisfied with her consoling breasts; that you may drink deeply with delight from the abundance of her glory.”

Jeremiah 31:25

For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”

Luke 1:53

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

Luke 6:21

“Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. “Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh.

Luke 6:25

“Woe to you that are full now, for you shall hunger. “Woe to you that laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

John 4:14

but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.”

John 7:37

On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, “If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.

Revelation 7:16

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat.