Bible Strands
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses his followers during the Sermon on the Mount, positioning this declaration as the fourth statement within the eight consecutive beatitudes of Matthew 5:3–10.
The words — πεινῶντες (peinōntes) and διψῶντες (dipsōntes) describe intense hungering and thirsting, directed specifically at τὴν δικαιοσὺνην (tēn dikaiosunēn), the concrete standard of righteousness.
The thread — The motif of divine satisfaction for the thirsty and hungry appears in Psalms 107:9, while John 4:14 and John 6:27 extend the imagery to spiritual sustenance that endures.
Why it lands — The verse demands a reader examine whether their pursuit of moral rightness matches the intensity of physical survival needs, with the promise that such pursuit will be met with divine provision.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Cross-references
- Psalms 107:9 For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
- John 4:14 But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- John 6:27 Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
- John 6:48 I am the bread of life.
- Psalms 145:19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
- Isaiah 55:1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- John 7:37 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 come to Me and drink.
- Luke 6:21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
- Revelation 7:16 ‘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 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.