Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Now, the same law prevails in the mind. That is to say, outward activity grows from some sort of inward uneasiness or impulse. Hunger existing in the body works outwardly, first, into that industry which supplies it, and then enlarges gradually, and inspires a more complex industry. And so almost; all of life in its upper sphere proceeds from a kind of hunger which exists in the soul. Some yearning, or longing, or action, or some faculty developing itself and working to produce its appropriate gratification — this is the analogue; and the character, as formed by the faculties, answers to the industrial creations produced by sensations of hunger and thirst in the body. (Beecher.) Parallel Verses KJV: Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.WEB: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. |
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