ScriptureGenerator.comBible Verses About Longing
Verses for those who long for God — the deep spiritual thirst that only His presence can satisfy.
As the deer pants for the water brooks, so the soul pants for God. These verses on longing give language to the deepest spiritual experience — the holy ache for more of God, the thirst that cannot be quenched by anything the world offers. In His presence is fullness of joy. Whom have you in heaven but God? And besides Him, there is nothing on earth you desire. This longing is not a problem — it is a gift, pointing you to the only One who can satisfy.
“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.”
Psalm 42:1
More Verses for Longing
“O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is.”
Psalm 63:1
“My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.”
Psalm 84:2
“Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.”
Psalm 73:25
“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”
Matthew 5:6
“One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.”
Psalm 27:4
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