Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

For salvation

Bible References

Roar

Isaiah 51:20
Your sons have fainted,
They lie helpless at the head of every street,
Like an antelope in a net,
Full of the wrath of the Lord,
The rebuke of your God.
Psalm 32:3
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all day long.
Psalm 38:8
I am benumbed and badly crushed;
I groan because of the agitation of my heart.
Hosea 7:14
And they do not cry to Me from their heart
When they wail on their beds;
For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves,
They turn away from Me.

Mourn

Isaiah 38:14
Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter;
I moan like a dove;
My eyes look wistfully to the heights;
O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.
Job 30:28
“I go about mourning without comfort;
I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
Jeremiah 8:15
We waited for peace, but no good came;
For a time of healing, but behold, terror!
Jeremiah 9:1
Oh that my head were waters
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the daughter of my people!
Ezekiel 7:16
Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, each over his own iniquity.

For salvation

Psalm 85:9
Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him,
That glory may dwell in our land.
Psalm 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked,
For they do not seek Your statutes.