Matthew 5:6 · KJV
“Blessed {are} they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”
— Matthew 5:6
Blessed {are} the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed {are} the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 5 — Context
Blessed {are} they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5Blessed {are} the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6Blessed {are} they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
7Blessed {are} the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8Blessed {are} the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Cross References
John 4:14
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Psalms 107:9
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
John 6:27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. {Labour not: or, Work not}
John 6:48-58
I am that bread of life.
Psalms 145:19
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Isaiah 55:1-3
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
John 7:37
In the last day, that great {day} of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
Luke 6:21
Blessed {are ye} that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed {are ye} that weep now: for ye shall laugh.