Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, and the hungry have ceased to hunger. Even the barren has borne seven, and she who has many children has become feeble.

The young lions lack and suffer hunger; but those who seek Jehovah shall not lack any good thing.

Oh, that men would give thanks unto Jehovah for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the sons of men!

For He satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with good.

who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. Jehovah lets loose the prisoners.

I will raise up for them a notable plantation, and they shall no longer be consumed with hunger in the land, nor bear the shame of the nations any more.

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

And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they desired.

Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not fall on them, nor any burning heat;

for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.

Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.

So he said, I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger, and there I will gather all my fruits and my goods.

But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?

There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.

desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

But Abraham said, Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus to himself, God, I thank You that I am not like other men; extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to Heaven, but beat his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me a sinner!

For you see your calling, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many of nobility.

You are already full. You are already rich. You have reigned as kings without us; and indeed I wish you truly did reign, that we also might reign with you.

But you have dishonored the poor. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you to the judgment seats?

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your calamities that are coming upon you.

Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.

You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

Because you say, I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing; and do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked;

I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.