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 73:25 trust God heaven
• May he give you your heart’s desire
  and grant you success in all your plans.
  Psalm 20:5 planning blessing heart
• Hope deferred sickens the heart,
  but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
  Proverbs 13:12 hope life heart
• Go and learn what this text means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.
  Matthew 9:13 mercy righteousness sacrifice
• 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 26:8 law righteousness desires
• 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 1:23-24 death life
• O Lord, all my longing is known to you,
  and my sighs are not hidden from you.
  Psalm 38:10 temptation worrying sadness
• I have made a covenant with my eyes
  not to look with desire upon a virgin.
  Job 31:1 desires self-control covenant
• 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 3:5 sin desires materialism
• Indeed, persecution will afflict all who want to lead a godly life in Christ Jesus.
  2 Timothy 3:12 life persecution Jesus
• I reprove and discipline all those whom I love. Therefore, be sincere in your desire to repent.
  Revelation 3:19 love life punishment
• 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 17:24 Jesus Father prayer
• Like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may advance on the path to salvation.
  1 Peter 2:2 salvation food Word of God
• 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 4:2 sin desires prayer
• 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 6:10 money evil greed
• 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 15:7 reward Jesus Word of God
• Abba, Father, for you all things are possible. Take this cup from me. Yet not my will but yours be done.
  Mark 14:36 easter Father Jesus
• To do your will, O God, is my delight;
  your law is in my heart.
  Psalm 40:9 obedience law heart
• 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 2:16 desires addiction pride
• 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 6:9 money greed materialism
• So shall my word be
  that issues forth from my mouth.
  It will not return to me unfulfilled,
  but it will accomplish my purpose
  and achieve what I sent it forth to do.
  Isaiah 55:11 Word of God speaking reliability
• A man’s attraction is his kindness;
  it is far better to be poor than to be a liar.
  Proverbs 19:22 reliability money goodness
• For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the Spirit, and those of the Spirit are opposed to the flesh. They are in conflict with one another, so that you cannot do what you want.
  Galatians 5:17 obedience Spirit
• Hence, I advise you to be guided by the Spirit, so that you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
  Galatians 5:16 sin Spirit desires
• And the world with all its enticements
  is passing away,
  but whoever does the will of God
  abides forever.
  1 John 2:17 eternal life obedience desires
• 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 3:10-11 love peace life
• My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
  a contrite and humble heart, O God,
  you will not spurn.
  Psalm 51:19 sacrifice repentance
• Those of you who seek to be justified by the Law have cut yourselves off from Christ and have fallen away from grace.
  Galatians 5:4 righteousness grace law
• In everything, deal with others as you would like them to deal with you. This is the Law and the Prophets.
  Matthew 7:12 law neighbor relationships
• So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
  Mark 11:24 faith prayer receiving
• Then he sat down, summoned the Twelve, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to be first, he must become the last of all and the servant of all.”
  Mark 9:35 humility Jesus understanding
• By these he has given us his precious promises, great beyond all price, so that through them you may escape from the corruption with which evil desires have infected the world and thereby may come to share in the divine nature.
  2 Peter 1:4 reward desires world
• They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and offered worship and service to the creature rather than to the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural practices. Likewise, men gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameful acts with men and received in their own persons the fitting penalty for their perversion. Furthermore, since these people did not see fit to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their depraved way of thinking and to all types of vile behavior.
  Romans 1:25-28 idols sexuality desires