Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
For salvation
Bible References
Roar
Isaiah 51:20
Your sons are overcome, like a roe in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the punishment of your God.
Psalm 32:3
When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.
Hosea 7:14
And they have not made prayer to me in their hearts, but they make loud cries on their beds; they are cutting themselves for food and wine, they are turned against me.
Mourn
Isaiah 38:14
I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.
Job 30:28
I go about in dark clothing, uncomforted; I get up in the public place, crying out for help.
Jeremiah 8:15
We were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there is only a great fear.
Jeremiah 9:1
If only my head was a stream of waters and my eyes fountains of weeping, so that I might go on weeping day and night for the dead of the daughter of my people!
Ezekiel 7:16
And those of them who get away safely will go and be in the secret places like the doves of the valleys, all of them will come to death, every one in his sin.
For salvation
Psalm 85:9
Truly, his salvation is near to his worshippers; so that glory may be in our land.
Psalm 119:155
Salvation is far from evil-doers; for they have made no search for your rules.