Quotes about Yearning
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
I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
- Psalm 102:7
My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
- Psalm 119:20
I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
- Psalm 119:131
Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
- Psalm 142:4
I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
- Psalm 143:6
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
- Proverbs 1:28
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
- Proverbs 27:20
All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
- Ecclesiastes 1:8
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
- Song of Solomon 2:9
On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
- Song of Solomon 3:1