'Longing' in the Bible

Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages,

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.

It is better to be content with what the eyes can see than for one's heart always to crave more. This continual longing is futile -- like chasing the wind.

He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

We were encouraged not only by his arrival, but also by the encouragement you gave him, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your deep concern for me, so that I rejoiced more than ever.

For see what this very thing, this sadness as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.