hope

Psalm 42:1-3
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. . . .

Psalm 69:3
I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Psalm 119:81-83
My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. . . .

Psalm 143:7
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who go down to the Pit.

Song of Solomon 5:8
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

when

Proverbs 13:19
Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.

Genesis 21:6, 7
Then Sarah said, "God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me." . . .

Genesis 46:30
Then Israel said to Joseph, "Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!"

1 Samuel 1:26-28
"Please, my lord, " said Hannah, "as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. . . .

Psalm 17:15
As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with Your presence.

Psalm 40:2, 3
He lifted me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. . . .

Luke 2:29, 30
"Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace. . . .

John 16:22
So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

a tree

Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.

Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

Revelation 22:2
down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, producing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.