Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Context
This verse from Matthew Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. The Sermon on the Mount begins with the Beatitudes blessing the poor in spirit, mourners, meek, and peacemakers. Jesus declares he has come not to abolish the Law but to fulfill it. Six antitheses intensify the Law's demands: not just …
Other Translations
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
`Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness--because they shall be filled.
Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.
Cross References
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance …
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for …
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: …
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for …