Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Bible References

Soul

Psalm 42:1
As the deer pants [longingly] for the water brooks,
So my soul pants [longingly] for You, O God.
Psalm 63:1
O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You;
My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Psalm 73:26

My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 119:20

My soul is crushed with longing
For Your ordinances at all times.
Psalm 143:6

I reach out my hands to You;
My throat thirsts for You, as a parched land [thirsts for water]. Selah.
Song of Songs 2:4

“He has brought me to his banqueting place,
And his banner over me is love [waving overhead to protect and comfort me].
Song of Songs 5:8

“I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,
If you find my beloved,
As to what you tell him—
[Say that] I am sick from love [sick from being without him].”

Heart

Job 23:3

“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might [even] come to His seat!
Isaiah 26:9

In the night my soul longs for You [O Lord],
Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
For [only] when Your judgments are experienced on the earth
Will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Isaiah 64:1
Oh, that You would tear open the heavens and come down,
That the mountains might quake at Your presence—