Matthew 5:6

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Cross References

Psalm 107:9

For he satisfies the thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things.

Psalm 145:19

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

Psalm 17:15

As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.

Psalm 63:5

My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips

Psalm 65:4

Happy are those whom you choose and bring near to live in your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.

Psalm 84:2

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

Proverbs 10:24

What the wicked dread will come upon them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Proverbs 21:21

Whoever 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, friends, drink, and be drunk with love.

Isaiah 25:6

On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear.

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: My servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame;

Isaiah 66:11

that you may nurse and be satisfied from her consoling breast; that you may drink deeply with delight from her glorious bosom.

Jeremiah 31:25

I will satisfy the weary, and all who are faint I will replenish.

Luke 1:53

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

Luke 6:21

Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep.

John 4:14

but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”

John 6:27

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

John 7:37

On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me,

Revelation 7:16

They will hunger no more, and thirst no more; the sun will not strike them, nor any scorching heat;