Bible Verses about 'Desire'

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• Whom do I have in heaven except you?
  And besides you there is nothing else I desire on earth.
  Psalm 73:25trustGodheaven
• May he give you your heart’s desire
  and grant you success in all your plans.
  Psalm 20:5planningblessingheart
• Hope deferred sickens the heart,
  but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
  Proverbs 13:12hopelifeheart
• Go and learn what this text means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.
  Matthew 9:13mercyrighteousnesssacrifice
• As we proceed in the path of your judgments,
  we wait for you, O Lord;
  your name and your renown
  are all that our heart desires.
  Isaiah 26:8lawrighteousnessdesires
• I am pulled in opposite directions. My desire is to depart and to be with Christ, for that is far better, but, it is a more urgent need for you that I remain in the body.
  Philippians 1:23-24deathlife
• I have made a covenant with my eyes
  not to look with desire upon a virgin.
  Job 31:1desiresself-controlcovenant
• O Lord, all my longing is known to you,
  and my sighs are not hidden from you.
  Psalm 38:10temptationworryingsadness
• Indeed, persecution will afflict all who want to lead a godly life in Christ Jesus.
  2 Timothy 3:12lifepersecutionJesus
• I reprove and discipline all those whom I love. Therefore, be sincere in your desire to repent.
  Revelation 3:19lovelifepunishment
• And so you should put to death everything in your nature that is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desires, and greed (which is idolatry).
  Colossians 3:5sindesiresmaterialism
• Like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may advance on the path to salvation.
  1 Peter 2:2salvationfoodWord of God
• Father, allow those you have given me
  to be with me where I am,
  so that they may behold my glory,
  which you have bestowed on me
  because you loved me
  before the foundation of the world.
  John 17:24JesusFatherprayer
• You want something that you cannot have, so you commit murder. And you covet something but cannot obtain it, so you engage in quarrels and fights. You do not have because you do not ask.
  James 4:2sindesiresprayer
• The love of money is the root of all evils, and in their desire for it some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many serious wounds.
  1 Timothy 6:10moneyevilgreed
• If you abide in me
  and my words abide in you,
  you may ask for whatever you wish,
  and it will be done for you.
  John 15:7rewardJesusWord of God
• Abba, Father, for you all things are possible. Take this cup from me. Yet not my will but yours be done.
  Mark 14:36easterFatherJesus
• To do your will, O God, is my delight;
  your law is in my heart.
  Psalm 40:9obediencelawheart
• For everything that is in the world—
  the concupiscence of the flesh,
  the concupiscence of the eyes,
  and the pride of life—
  comes not from the Father
  but from the world.
  1 John 2:16desiresaddictionpride
• However, those who want riches fall into temptations and are trapped into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
  1 Timothy 6:9moneygreedmaterialism
• A man’s attraction is his kindness;
  it is far better to be poor than to be a liar.
  Proverbs 19:22reliabilitymoneygoodness
• And the world with all its enticements
  is passing away,
  but whoever does the will of God
  abides forever.
  1 John 2:17eternal lifeobediencedesires
• For:
  “If anyone wishes to love life
  and to experience good days,
  he must restrain his tongue from evil
  and his lips from deceitful speech.
  He must turn away from evil and do good,
  seek peace and pursue it.”
  1 Peter 3:10-11lovepeacelife
• My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
  a contrite and humble heart, O God,
  you will not spurn.
  Psalm 51:19sacrificerepentance
• Those of you who seek to be justified by the Law have cut yourselves off from Christ and have fallen away from grace.
  Galatians 5:4righteousnessgracelaw