"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."
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I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.
Blessed they who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for *they* shall be filled.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, For they shall be filled.
`Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness -- because they shall be filled.