Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
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Gill's Exposition
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst,.... Not after the riches, honours, and pleasures of this world, but
after righteousness; by which is meant, not justice and equity, as persons oppressed…
Barnes' Notes
Blessed are they which do hunger ... - Hunger and thirst, here, are expressive of strong desire. Nothing would better express the strong desire which we ought to feel to obtain righteousness than…
Christ begins his sermon with blessings, for he came into the world to bless us (Act 3:26), as the great High Priest of our profession; as the blessed Melchizedec; as He in whom all the families of…
Cambridge Bible
This longing for righteousness is God's gift to the meek.
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