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 children faint; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a snare. They are left in a stupor by the Lord's anger, by the battle cry of your God.
Psalm 32:3
When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.
Psalm 38:8
I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.
Hosea 7:14
They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me.
Mourn
Isaiah 38:14
Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!
Job 30:28
I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.
Jeremiah 8:15
We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror.
Jeremiah 9:1
I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed.
Ezekiel 7:16
Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan -- each one for his iniquity.
For salvation
Psalm 85:9
Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; then his splendor will again appear in our land.
Psalm 119:155
The wicked have no chance for deliverance, for they do not seek your statutes.