Quotes about Yearning
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
— 2 Samuel 23:15
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
— 1 Chronicles 11:17
who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
— Job 3:21
who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
— Job 3:21
I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!
— Job 19:27
If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
— Job 23:3
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
— Psalm 12:5
My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
— Psalm 27:8
O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
— Psalm 38:9
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
— Psalm 42:1
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
— Psalm 55:6
They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.
— Psalm 59:15