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What happens if you hunger and thirst for righteousness? As stated in Matthew 5:6 – you shall be filled.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
What Does Hunger After Righteousness Mean?
- to crave ardently
- to seek with eager desire
What Does Thirst After Mean?
- eagerly long for
- those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, strengthened
What Does Righteousness Mean?
- integrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness, correctness of thinking feeling, and acting
- Justification
Be Filled
- to fulfil
- Satisfy the desire of any one
How Does Being Pure in Heart Relate to Hungering and Thirsting for Righteousness?
Having a pure heart consequences in hungering and thirsting for righteousness as it leads to a genuine desire to seek what is right and just. When one’s heart is pure, there is a natural inclination to pursue righteousness and justice, leading to a life filled with integrity and moral uprightness.
Similar Verses:
To Crave Ardently
- Psalm 42:1-2 (KJV): “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?”
To Seek with Eager Desire
- Psalm 63:1 (KJV): “O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;”
To Eagerly Long For
- Psalm 143:6 (KJV): “I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.”
Those Things by Which the Soul is Refreshed, Supported, Strengthened
- Isaiah 55:1-2 (KJV): “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.”
Integrity, Virtue, Purity of Life, Rightness, Correctness of Thinking, Feeling, and Acting
- Psalm 15:1-2 (KJV): “LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.”
Justification
- Romans 3:24 (KJV): “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”
Be Filled
- Philippians 1:11 – We can be filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ