32 Bible Verses about Desires
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.
Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Can one walk on hot coals,
And his feet not be seared?
And his feet not be seared?
And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
I have made a covenant with my eyes;
Why then should I look upon a young woman?
Why then should I look upon a young woman?
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.
So pants my soul for You, O God.
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.
Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Yes, in the way of Your judgments,
O Lord, we have waited for You;
The desire of our soul is for Your name
And for the remembrance of You.
O Lord, we have waited for You;
The desire of our soul is for Your name
And for the remembrance of You.
By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
He covets greedily all day long,
But the righteous gives and does not spare.
But the righteous gives and does not spare.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Will you set your eyes on that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings;
They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
For riches certainly make themselves wings;
They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”
