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Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.May He grant you according to your heart’s desire, And fulfill all your purpose.
Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.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.
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.
I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.
All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You.
You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.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.
In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby.
Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
“Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.
For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.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.
Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.
I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?
What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar.What is desired in a man is kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar.
The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.
For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it.”For “He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit. Let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it.”
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise.
You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
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