'Longing' in the Bible
[The] longing of [the] afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh. You will make their heart secure. You will {listen attentively}
O Lord, all my longing is before you, and my sighing is not hidden from you.
for he satisfies [the] longing soul, and [the] hungry soul he fills with good.
My soul is crushed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
For what does a person receive for all his toil and in the longing of his heart with which he toils under the sun?
And it shall be as when the hungry person dreams--look, [he is] eating! And he wakes up and his inner self [is] empty. Or as when the thirsty person dreams--look, [he is] drinking! And he wakes up and look, [he is] faint, and his inner self [is] longing for water. So shall be the multitude of all the nations who fight against Mount Zion.
As for the land to which they are {longing} to return, they will not return.
And there will not be a survivor or an escapee of the remnant of Judah, those who have come to dwell as an alien there in the land of Egypt, to return [to] the land of Judah where they [are] {longing} to return to dwell there, for they will not turn back, {but only} [some] survivors.'"
"And you, son of man, [will it] not [be that] on the day {when I take from them} their stronghold, the joy of their glory, the delight of their eyes, and the longing of their inner self, their sons and daughters--
And he was longing to fill his stomach with the carob pods that the pigs were eating, and no one was giving [anything] to him.
and was longing to be filled with what fell from the table of the rich man. But even the dogs came [and] licked his sores.
and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort [with] which he was comforted among you, [because he] reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.
For behold how much diligence this very [thing], being grieved according to [the will of] God, has brought about in you: what defense [of yourselves], what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! In everything you have demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
and [they are] longing for you in their prayers for you, because of the surpassing grace of God to you.
because he was longing for all of you and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.
Longing for you in this way, we determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own souls, because you had become dear to us.
longing to see you [as I] remember your tears, so that I may be filled with joy,
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