Bible Verses about 'Desire'
- Whom have I in heaven but You?
And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. - May He grant you according to your heart’s desire,
And fulfill all your purpose. - Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But when the desire comes, 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. - Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You. - 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.
- Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will 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.
- As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby.
- Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.
- I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your 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.
- I have made a covenant with my eyes;
Why then should I look upon a young woman? - What is desired in a man is 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.
- As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous 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.” - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise. - You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
- 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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