Bible Verses about 'Desire'

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• Whom have I in heaven but You?
  And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
  Psalm 73:25 trust God heaven
• May He grant you according to your heart’s desire,
  And fulfill all your purpose.
  Psalm 20:4 planning blessing heart
• Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
  But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
  Proverbs 13:12 hope life heart
• 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.
  Isaiah 26:8 law righteousness desires
• Lord, all my desire is before You;
  And my sighing is not hidden from You.
  Psalm 38:9 temptation worrying sadness
• 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.
  Matthew 9:13 mercy righteousness sacrifice
• Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
  2 Timothy 3:12 life persecution Jesus
• 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.
  Philippians 1:23-24 death life
• As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby.
  1 Peter 2:2 salvation food Word of God
• Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
  Colossians 3:5 sin desires materialism
• 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.
  John 17:24 Jesus Father prayer
• If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
  John 15:7 reward Jesus Word of God
• 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.
  1 Timothy 6:9 money greed materialism
• 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.
  James 4:2 sin desires prayer
• Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.
  Mark 14:36 easter Father Jesus
• I delight to do Your will, O my God,
  And Your law is within my heart.
  Psalm 40:8 obedience law heart
• 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.
  1 John 2:16 desires addiction pride
• I have made a covenant with my eyes;
  Why then should I look upon a young woman?
  Job 31:1 desires self-control covenant
• 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.
  Isaiah 55:11 Word of God speaking reliability
• What is desired in a man is kindness,
  And a poor man is better than a liar.
  Proverbs 19:22 reliability money goodness
• For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
  Galatians 5:17 obedience Spirit
• I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
  Galatians 5:16 sin Spirit desires
• And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
  1 John 2:17 eternal life obedience desires
• As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.
  Revelation 3:19 love life punishment
• 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.”
  1 Peter 3:10-11 love peace life
• The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
  A broken and a contrite heart—
  These, O God, You will not despise.
  Psalm 51:17 sacrifice repentance
• You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
  Galatians 5:4 righteousness grace law
• Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
  Matthew 7:12 law neighbor relationships
• Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
  Mark 11:24 faith prayer receiving
• And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”
  Mark 9:35 humility Jesus understanding
• 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.
  1 Timothy 6:10 money evil greed
• 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.
  2 Peter 1:4 reward desires world
• Who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting.
  Romans 1:25-28 idols sexuality desires