50 Bible Verses About Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

“God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.”

“You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.”

“Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt. You shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your GodThe Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.”

“The people spoke against God, and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this disgusting bread.””

“Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.”

“therefore you will serve your enemies whom Yahweh sends against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck, until he has destroyed you.”

“honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.””

“David longed, and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!””

“David longed, and said, “Oh that one would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!””

“I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.”

“Yahweh’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.”

“The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.”

“As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).”

“My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?”

“You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”

“God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.”

“They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.”

“So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.”

“Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.”

“For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.”

“I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.”

“Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.”

“The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.”

“The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.”

“In this mountain, Yahweh of Armies will make all peoples a feast of choice meat,literally, fat things a feast of choice wines, of choice meat full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.”

“It will be like when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his hunger isn’t satisfied; or like when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and behold, he is faint, and he is still thirsty. The multitude of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion will be like that.”

“The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.”

““Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”

“Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.”

“Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed;”

“I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people will be satisfied with my goodness,” says Yahweh.”

“All her people sigh. They seek bread. They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh their soul. “Look, Yahweh, and see; for I have become despised.””

“Yahweh answered his people, “Behold,“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.”

“Behold, the days come,” says the Lord Yahweh, “that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing Yahweh’s words.”

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.”

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”

““Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?”

“for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;”

“He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.”

“for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.”

“Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.”

“Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.”

“Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”Proverbs 25:21-22”

“for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.”

“for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,”

“I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.”

“Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”

“You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”Psalm 45:6-7”

“Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”

“The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.”