Psalms 73:25

73:25 Whom do I have in heaven but you?

I desire no one but you on earth.

Psalms 143:6-7

143:6 I spread my hands out to you in prayer;

my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.

143:7 Answer me quickly, Lord!

My strength is fading.

Do not reject me,

or I will join those descending into the grave.

Genesis 32:26-28

32:26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” “I will not let you go,” Jacob replied, “unless you bless me.” 32:27 The man asked him, “What is your name?” He answered, “Jacob.” 32:28 “No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him, “but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”

Genesis 32:2

32:2 When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.

Genesis 31:21

31:21 He left with all he owned. He quickly crossed the Euphrates River and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

The Song of Songs 3:2

3:2 “I will arise and look all around throughout the town,

and throughout the streets and squares;

I will search for my beloved.”

I searched for him but I did not find him.

Isaiah 26:9

26:9 I look for you during the night,

my spirit within me seeks you at dawn,

for when your judgments come upon the earth,

those who live in the world learn about justice.

Matthew 11:12

11:12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it.

Luke 13:24

13:24 “Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

Luke 18:5-7

18:5 yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’” 18:6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says! 18:7 Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?