'Longing' in the Bible

“Oh that my request might come to pass,And that God would grant my longing!

My soul is crushed with longingAfter Your ordinances at all times.

My eyes fail with longing for Your word,While I say, “When will You comfort me?”

My eyes fail with longing for Your salvationAnd for Your righteous word.

So there will be no refugees or survivors for the remnant of Judah who have entered the land of Egypt to reside there and then to return to the land of Judah, to which they are longing to return and live; for none will return except a few refugees.’”

Alas, you who are longing for the day of the Lord,For what purpose will the day of the Lord be to you?It will be darkness and not light;

And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him.

and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.

For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God.

but now, with no further place for me in these regions, and since I have had for many years a longing to come to you

For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven,

and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced even more.

For behold what earnestness this very thing, this godly sorrow, has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what avenging of wrong! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter.

because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you,

For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

longing to see you, even as I recall your tears, so that I may be filled with joy.