Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Cross-reference
In Matthew 6:33, seeking first God's righteousness is commanded, aligning with the beatitude's hunger—both promise provision.
In Psalm 17:15, satisfaction comes from beholding God's face in righteousness — a direct parallel to the promise of being satisfied after hungering for righteousness here.
Revelation 7:16 describes the redeemed never hungering or thirsting again — the ultimate satisfaction promised to those who hunger for righteousness.
In John 7:37, Jesus invites the thirsty to come to Him — the same thirst for righteousness finds its fulfillment in Christ.
John 6:48-58 presents Jesus as the bread of life — the ultimate satisfaction for spiritual hunger, echoing the promise that those hungry for righteousness will be filled.
In John 4:14, Jesus offers living water that quenches thirst forever — a direct NT parallel to the beatitude's promise that those who thirst for righteousness will be satisfied.
In Luke 6:25, a woe is pronounced on the full who will hunger — the inverse of this blessing on the hungry for righteousness.
In Luke 6:21, the same beatitude promises satisfaction to those who hunger now — a direct parallel to the blessing here.
Psalm 107:9 promises God satisfies the hungry soul — the same promise Jesus gives to those hungering for righteousness.
Proverbs 10:24 promises the righteous will have their desires granted — the same principle that those hungering for righteousness will be satisfied.
Psalm 36:8 pictures feasting on God's abundance and drinking from His delights — a picture of the satisfaction promised to those hungry for righteousness.
Ecclesiastes 1:8 laments that worldly desires are never satisfied — a stark contrast to the promise that hunger for righteousness will be filled.
Proverbs 21:21 promises that pursuing righteousness yields life, righteousness, and honor — directly aligning with hungering for righteousness and being satisfied.
Proverbs 11:23 says the righteous' desire ends only in good — echoing the promise that hunger for righteousness leads to satisfaction.
In Jeremiah 31:14, God promises to satisfy His people with goodness, directly paralleling the beatitude's promise of being filled.
Amos 8:11 warns of a famine of God's words — a spiritual hunger that contrasts with the blessed hunger for righteousness.
In Luke 1:53, God fills the hungry with good things — a parallel promise of satisfaction, though applied to physical hunger rather than spiritual righteousness here.
Psalm 84:2 speaks of fainting for the courts of the Lord — a parallel longing for God akin to hungering for righteousness.
Psalm 63:1 expresses soul-thirst for God in a dry land — a parallel metaphor to hungering for righteousness.
In John 6:27, Jesus urges labor for eternal food — a parallel call to seek spiritual satisfaction over physical, echoing this hunger for righteousness.
In Isaiah 51:1, the call to pursue righteousness echoes the same hunger, linking seeking God to satisfaction.
In Jeremiah 31:25, God satisfies the weary soul, echoing the beatitude's promise for those hungering for righteousness.
Psalm 42:2 repeats the thirst for God — a parallel to hungering for righteousness in its intensity of desire.
Psalm 42:1 depicts the soul panting for God — a parallel image to hungering and thirsting, though here for righteousness specifically.
In Ephesians 3:19, being filled with God's fullness parallels the beatitude's promise that the hungry will be satisfied with righteousness.
In Psalm 4:7, joy in God surpasses material abundance — a parallel to the spiritual satisfaction promised here for righteousness.
Psalm 132:15 promises God will satisfy the poor with bread — a physical parallel to the spiritual satisfaction for those hungering for righteousness.
Proverbs 19:23 links fear of the Lord with being satisfied — a parallel concept of spiritual satisfaction, though the starting point differs.