Matthew 5:6

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

Cross References (26)

  • John 4:14 (137)

    But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of wa

  • Psalms 107:9 (137)

    For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

  • John 6:27 (88)

    Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For o

  • John 6:48–58 (63)

    I am the bread of life.

  • Isaiah 55:1–3 (54)

    “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk w

  • Psalms 145:19 (51)

    He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.

  • John 7:37 (50)

    On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him

  • Luke 6:21 (45)

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

  • Revelation 7:16 (43)

    ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.

  • Psalms 42:1–2 (40)

    For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You,

  • Isaiah 44:3 (37)

    For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants

  • Psalms 63:1–2 (35)

    A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts f

  • Amos 8:11–13 (31)

    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thi

  • Luke 1:53 (24)

    He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.

  • Isaiah 65:13 (22)

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you

  • Psalms 4:6–7 (20)

    Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

  • Psalms 84:2 (19)

    My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

  • Psalms 65:4 (19)

    Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the

  • Isaiah 49:9–10 (18)

    to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and

  • Psalms 17:15 (18)

    As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

  • Isaiah 41:17 (17)

    The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them;

  • Isaiah 25:6 (17)

    On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice me

  • Luke 6:25 (16)

    Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

  • Psalms 63:5 (15)

    My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.

  • Song of Solomon 5:1 (9)

    I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my

  • Isaiah 66:11 (6)

    so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glo