Psalm 63:1
New King James Version
Joy in the Fellowship of God
A Psalm of David (A)when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
63 O God, You are my God;
Early will I seek You;
(B)My soul thirsts for You;
My flesh longs for You
In a dry and thirsty land
Where there is no water.
Psalm 143:6
New King James Version
6 I spread out my hands to You;
(A)My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah
Psalm 84:2
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2 (A)My soul longs, yes, even faints
For the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Matthew 6:33
New King James Version
33 But (A)seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
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Psalm 42:1-2
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BOOK TWO
Psalms 42–72
Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses
To the Chief Musician. A [a]Contemplation of the sons of Korah.
42 As the deer [b]pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.
2 (A)My soul thirsts for God, for the (B)living God.
When shall I come and [c]appear before God?
Footnotes
- Psalm 42:1 Heb. Maschil
- Psalm 42:1 Lit. longs for
- Psalm 42:2 So with MT, Vg.; some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Tg. I see the face of God
Psalm 91:2
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2 (A)I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
Revelation 7:16-17
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16 (A)They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; (B)the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; 17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne (C)will shepherd them and lead them to [a]living fountains of waters. (D)And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
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- Revelation 7:17 NU, M fountains of the waters of life
Exodus 15:2
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2 The Lord is my strength and (A)song,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and (B)I will praise Him;
My (C)father’s God, and I (D)will exalt Him.
Psalm 5:3
New King James Version
3 My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord;
(A)In the morning I will direct it to You,
And I will look up.
Isaiah 41:18
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18 I will open (A)rivers in desolate heights,
And fountains in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the (B)wilderness a pool of water,
And the dry land springs of water.
John 7:37
New King James Version
The Promise of the Holy Spirit
37 (A)On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, (B)“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
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Psalm 143:10
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10 (A)Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
(B)Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in (C)the land of uprightness.
Psalm 118:28
New King James Version
28 You are my God, and I will praise You;
(A)You are my God, I will exalt You.
Proverbs 8:17
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Zechariah 13:9
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9 I will bring the one-third (A)through the fire,
Will (B)refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
(C)They will call on My name,
And I will answer them.
(D)I will say, ‘This is My people’;
And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”
1 Samuel 23:23-25
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23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides; and come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. And it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search for him throughout all the [a]clans of Judah.”
24 So they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men were in the Wilderness (A)of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon. 25 When Saul and his men went to seek him, they told David. Therefore he went down [b]to the rock, and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued David in the Wilderness of Maon.
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- 1 Samuel 23:23 Lit. thousands
- 1 Samuel 23:25 Or from the rock
1 Samuel 22:5
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5 Now the prophet (A)Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go to the land of Judah.” So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth.
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Hosea 5:15
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15 I will return again to My place
Till they [a]acknowledge their offense.
Then they will seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 5:15 Lit. become guilty or bear punishment
Proverbs 1:27-28
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27 When (A)your terror comes like a storm,
And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.
28 “Then(B) they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
Psalm 78:34
New King James Version
34 (A)When He slew them, then they sought Him;
And they returned and sought earnestly for God.
Psalm 42:11
New King James Version
11 (A)Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God;
For I shall yet praise Him,
The [a]help of my countenance and my God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 42:11 Lit. salvation
Psalm 31:14
New King James Version
14 But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”
Job 8:5
New King James Version
5 (A)If you would earnestly seek God
And make your supplication to the Almighty,
Jeremiah 31:33
New King James Version
33 (A)But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: (B)I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their [a]hearts; (C)and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
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- Jeremiah 31:33 Lit. inward parts
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