Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be

satisfied.”

Happy are They Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

Pastor Rob Tucker

Proverbs 3:34 KJV Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

Matthew 5:5 "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Matthew 5:6 ESV "Blessed (Happy) are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

Matthew 5:6 KJV Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Psalm 42:1-2 To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. (2) My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

Amos 8:11-12 "Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD. (12) They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the LORD, but they shall not find it.

Psalm 63:1 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 for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

The fallen nature is constantly looking to satisfy itself with the wrong things. 

1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (16) For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. (17) And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

Revelation 19:21 And the rest were slain by the sword that came from the mouth of him who was sitting on the horse, and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.

Matthew 14:20 And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. 

Psalm 145:15-16 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. (16) You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.

Isaiah 44:3-4 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. (4) They shall spring up among the grass like willows by flowing streams.