Matthew 5:6
Blessed be they that hunger and thirst (for) rightwiseness, for they shall be fulfilled.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
In Context
5Blessed be they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
7Blessed be merciful men [or Blessed (be) the merciful], for they shall get mercy.
Cross References
Psalms 4:6many say, Who showed good things to us? Lord, the light of thy cheer is marked upon us; (many say, Who hath shown us any good thing? Lord, shine the light of thy face upon us!)
Psalms 42:1To victory, [by the understanding], to the sons of Korah. As an hart desireth to the wells of waters; so thou, God, my soul desireth to thee. (For the choirmaster, (a song) of a teaching by the Korahites. Like a hart desireth a well of water; so, O God, my soul desireth thee.)
Psalms 63:5My soul be [ful] filled as with inner fatness and uttermore fatness; and my mouth shall praise with lips of full out joying (or and my mouth shall praise thee with lips of rejoicing).
Psalms 84:2my soul coveteth, and faileth into the porches of the Lord. Mine heart, and my flesh; full out joyed into quick God. (my soul desireth, and longeth for, the courtyards of the Lord’s Temple. My heart, and my flesh, rejoiced in the living God.)
Psalms 145:19He shall do the will of them, that dread him; and he shall hear the beseeching of them, and he shall make them safe. (He shall fulfill the desires of those who fear him or of those who revere him; he shall hear their pleas, and he shall save them.)
Isaiah 25:6And the Lord of hosts shall make in this hill to all peoples the feast of fat things, the feast of vintage of fat things full of marrow, of vintage well-refined. (And on this hill the Lord of hosts shall make the feast of fat things for all peoples, the feast of the vintage of fat things full of marrow, yea, of well-refined wine.)
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:4-13
The Sermon on the Mount. 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 10 Blessed are they… Read the whole commentary →