Matthew 5:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.

Cross References

Psalm 107:9

For he satisfied the thirsty, filled the hungry with good things.

Psalm 145:19

He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.

Psalm 17:15

I am just—let me see your face; when I awake, let me be filled with your presence.

Psalm 63:5

I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands, calling on your name.

Psalm 65:4

with its burden of wicked deeds. We are overcome by our sins; only you can pardon them.

Psalm 84:2

How lovely your dwelling, O Lord of hosts!

Proverbs 10:24

What the wicked fear will befall them, but the desire of the just will be granted.

Proverbs 21:21

Whoever pursues justice and kindness will find life and honor.

Song of Solomon 5:1

M I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I gather my myrrh with my spices, I eat my honeycomb with my honey, I drink my wine with my milk. D? Eat, friends; drink! Drink deeply, lovers!

Isaiah 25:6

On this mountain the Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples A feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.

Isaiah 41:17

The afflicted and the needy seek water in vain, their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the Lord, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Isaiah 44:3

I will pour out water upon the thirsty ground, streams upon the dry land; I will pour out my spirit upon your offspring, my blessing upon your descendants.

Isaiah 65:13

therefore thus says the Lord God: My servants shall eat, but you shall go hungry; My servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; My servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame;

Isaiah 66:11

So that you may nurse and be satisfied from her consoling breast; That you may drink with delight at her abundant breasts!

Jeremiah 31:25

For I will slake the thirst of the faint; the appetite of all the weary I will satisfy.

Luke 1:53

The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away empty.

Luke 6:21

Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh.

Luke 6:25

But woe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will grieve and weep.

John 4:14

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

John 6:27

Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.”

John 7:37

On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and exclaimed, “Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink.

Revelation 7:16

They will not hunger or thirst anymore, nor will the sun or any heat strike them.