What Does the Bible Say About Longing For?

1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 10 helpful votes

But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

Psalm 119:81 ESV / 10 helpful votes

My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word.

1 Timothy 4:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

Titus 2:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

1 John 3:3 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

1 Peter 1:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Romans 15:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Psalm 73:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

1 Thessalonians 4:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

Ephesians 4:31 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

Ephesians 2:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

1 Corinthians 15:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

Romans 5:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

John 15:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Psalm 119:74 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in your word.

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Titus 1:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began

1 Timothy 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

Ephesians 4:1-3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Galatians 5:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Matthew 12:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And in his name the Gentiles will hope.”

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Psalm 55:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 33:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you.

Psalm 33:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,

Hebrews 7:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

(for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

Colossians 1:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Ephesians 1:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

2 Corinthians 3:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Since we have such a hope, we are very bold,

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Romans 8:37-39 ESV / 3 helpful votes

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

Romans 5:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

John 14:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

John 13:34-35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

John 11:25-26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

John 6:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

Luke 11:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” ...

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 6:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

Matthew 5:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

Matthew 5:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Zechariah 9:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.

Joel 2:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

Lamentations 3:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:

Isaiah 38:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For Sheol does not thank you; death does not praise you; those who go down to the pit do not hope for your faithfulness.

Psalm 146:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Psalm 84:1-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. ...

Psalm 71:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.

Psalm 46:1-2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,

Psalm 42:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation

Psalm 39:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.

Psalm 9:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

59 Bible Verses about Longing For

1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:81 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 4:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 2:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Peter 1:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 15:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 73:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 4:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:31 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 2:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 5:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 15:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:74 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 1:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:1-3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 12:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 55:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 33:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 33:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 7:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 1:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 1:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 3:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:37-39 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 5:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 13:34-35 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 11:25-26 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 11:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Zechariah 9:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Joel 2:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Lamentations 3:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 38:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 146:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 84:1-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 71:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 46:1-2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 42:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 39:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 9:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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