Bible Verses About Longing for Home

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;

For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.

But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.

And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:

For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.

The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.

Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.