Matthew 5:6

The Passion Translation

“How enriched you are when you crave righteousness! For you will be satisfied.

Cross References

Psalm 107:9

How he satisfies the souls of thirsty ones and fills the hungry with goodness!

Psalm 145:19

Every godly one receives even more than what they ask for. For you hear what their hearts really long for, and you bring them your saving strength.

Psalm 17:15

As for me, because I am innocent, I will see your face until I see you for who you really are. I will be satisfied in an awakening of your likeness in me!

Psalm 63:5

I overflow with praise when I come before you, for the anointing of your presence satisfies me like nothing else. You are such a rich banquet of pleasure to my soul.

Psalm 65:4

How blessed is the one you choose to live near you in your courts. The beauty of your house, your holy temple, satisfies us.

Psalm 84:2

Deep within me are these lovesick longings, desires and daydreams of living in union with you. When I’m near you, my heart and my soul will sing and worship with my joyful songs of you, my true source and spring of life!

Proverbs 10:24

The lawless are haunted by their fears and what they dread will come upon them, but the longings of the lovers of God will all be fulfilled.

Proverbs 21:21

The lovers of God who chase after righteousness will find all their dreams come true: an abundant life drenched with favor and a fountain that overflows with satisfaction.

Song of Solomon 5:1

I have gathered from your heart, my equal, my bride, I have gathered from my garden all my sacred spices—even my myrrh. I have tasted and enjoyed my wine within you. I have tasted with pleasure my pure milk, my honeycomb, which you yield to me. I delight in gathering my sacred spice, all the fruits of my life I have gathered from within you, my paradise garden. Come, all my friends— feast upon my bride, all you revelers of my palace. Feast on her, my lovers! Drink and drink, and drink again, until you can take no more. Drink the wine of her love. Take all you desire, you priests. My life within her will become your feast.

Isaiah 25:6

The Lord Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, will host a rich feast on this mountain for all peoples— a feast with plenty of meat and well-aged wine, with an abundance of food and the finest of wine.

Isaiah 41:17

“I, Yahweh, will respond to the cry of the poor and needy when they are thirsty and their tongues are parched with thirst! When they seek a drink of water but there is none, I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

Isaiah 44:3

I will pour refreshing water on the thirsty and streams on the dry ground. I will pour out my Spirit on your children, my blessing upon your descendants.

Isaiah 65:13

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry. My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

Isaiah 66:11

You, her children, will drink the milk of her prosperity and nurse with delight from her glorious abundance!

Jeremiah 31:25

For I will refresh the weary soul and satisfy all those who have given up on life.”

Luke 1:53

Those who hunger for him will always be filled, but the smug and self-satisfied he will send away empty.

Luke 6:21

“How filled you become when you are consumed with hunger and desire, for you will be completely satisfied. “How content you become when you weep with complete brokenness, for you will laugh with unrestrained joy.

Luke 6:25

“What sorrows await those of you who are content with yourselves, for hunger and emptiness will come to you. “What sorrows await those of you who laugh now, having received all your joy in this life only, for grief and wailing will come to you.

John 4:14

but if anyone drinks the living water I give them, they will never be thirsty again. For when you drink the water I give you, it becomes a gushing fountain of the Holy Spirit, flooding you with endless life!”

John 6:27

Why would you strive for food that is perishable and not be passionate to seek the food of eternal life, which never spoils? I, the Son of Man, am ready to give you what matters most, for God the Father has destined me for this purpose.”

John 7:37

Then on the most important day of the feast, the last day, Jesus stood and shouted out to the crowds—“All you thirsty ones, come to me! Come to me and drink!

Revelation 7:16

Their souls will be completely satisfied. And neither the sun nor any scorching heat will affect them.