Bible Verses about 'Desire'
| Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. | Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. |
| May He grant you according to your heart’s desire, And fulfill all your purpose. | Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. |
| Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. | Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. |
| 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. | Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. |
| Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. | Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. |
| 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. | But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. |
| Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. | Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. |
| 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. | For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. |
| As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby. | As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby. |
| Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. | Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. |
| If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. | If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. |
| 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. | Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. |
| 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. | But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. |
| 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. | Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. |
| Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will. | Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. |
| I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart. | I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my 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. | For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. |
| I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman? | I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? |
| What is desired in a man is kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar. | The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. |
| And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. | And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. |
| As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. | As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. |
| 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.” | For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. |
| The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise. | The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. |
| You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. | Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. |
| Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. | Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. |
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