Matthew 5:6

New Century Version

They are blessed who hunger and thirst after justice, for they will be satisfied.

Cross References

Psalm 107:9

He satisfies the thirsty and fills up the hungry.

Psalm 145:19

He gives those who respect him what they want. He listens when they cry, and he saves them.

Psalm 17:15

Because I have lived right, I will see your face. When I wake up, I will see your likeness and be satisfied.

Psalm 63:5

I will be content as if I had eaten the best foods. My lips will sing, and my mouth will praise you.

Psalm 65:4

Happy are the people you choose and invite to stay in your court. We are filled with good things in your house, your holy Temple.

Psalm 84:2

I want more than anything to be in the courtyards of the Lord’s Temple. My whole being wants to be with the living God.

Proverbs 10:24

Evil people will get what they fear most, but good people will get what they want most.

Proverbs 21:21

Whoever tries to live right and be loyal finds life, success, and honor.

Song of Solomon 5:1

I have entered my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey. I have drunk my wine and my milk. Eat, friends, and drink; yes, drink deeply, lovers.

Isaiah 25:6

The Lord All-Powerful will prepare a feast on this mountain for all people. It will be a feast with all the best food and wine, the finest meat and wine.

Isaiah 41:17

“The poor and needy people look for water, but they can’t find any. Their tongues are dry with thirst. But I, the Lord, will answer their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not leave them to die.

Isaiah 44:3

I will pour out water for the thirsty land and make streams flow on dry land. I will pour out my Spirit into your children and my blessing on your descendants.

Isaiah 65:13

So this is what the Lord God says: “My servants will eat, but you evil people will be hungry. My servants will drink, but you evil people will be thirsty. My servants will be happy, but you evil people will be shamed.

Isaiah 66:11

You will take comfort from her and be satisfied, as a child is nursed by its mother. You will receive her good things and enjoy her wealth.”

Jeremiah 31:25

I will give rest and strength to those who are weak and tired.”

Luke 1:53

He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away with nothing.

Luke 6:21

You people who are now hungry are blessed, because you will be satisfied. You people who are now crying are blessed, because you will laugh with joy.

Luke 6:25

How terrible it will be for you who are full now, because you will be hungry. How terrible it will be for you who are laughing now, because you will be sad and cry.

John 4:14

but whoever drinks the water I give will never be thirsty. The water I give will become a spring of water gushing up inside that person, giving eternal life.”

John 6:27

Don’t work for the food that spoils. Work for the food that stays good always and gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because on him God the Father has put his power.”

John 7:37

On the last and most important day of the feast Jesus stood up and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.

Revelation 7:16

Those people will never be hungry again, and they will never be thirsty again. The sun will not hurt them, and no heat will burn them,