Bible Verses about 'Desire'

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• Whom have I in heaven but you?
  And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you.
  Psalm 73:25trustGodheaven
• May he grant you your heart's desire,
  and fulfill all your plans.
  Psalm 20:4planningblessingheart
• In the path of your judgments,
  O Lord, we wait for you;
  your name and your renown
  are the soul's desire.
  Isaiah 26:8lawrighteousnessdesires
• Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
  but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
  Proverbs 13:12hopelifeheart
• Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.
  Matthew 9:13mercyrighteousnesssacrifice
• For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.
  1 John 2:16desiresaddictionpride
• I am hard pressed between the two: my desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better; but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you.
  Philippians 1:23-24deathlife
• Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).
  Colossians 3:5sindesiresmaterialism
• And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever.
  1 John 2:17eternal lifeobediencedesires
• For
  “Those who desire life
  and desire to see good days,
  let them keep their tongues from evil
  and their lips from speaking deceit;
  let them turn away from evil and do good;
  let them seek peace and pursue it.”
  1 Peter 3:10-11lovepeacelife
• Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
  John 17:24JesusFatherprayer
• O Lord, all my longing is known to you;
  my sighing is not hidden from you.
  Psalm 38:9temptationworryingsadness
• Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation.
  1 Peter 2:2salvationfoodWord of God
• Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
  2 Timothy 3:12lifepersecutionJesus
• You want something and do not have it; so you commit murder. And you covet something and cannot obtain it; so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have, because you do not ask.
  James 4:2sindesiresprayer
• But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
  1 Timothy 6:9moneygreedmaterialism
• What is desirable in a person is loyalty,
  and it is better to be poor than a liar.
  Proverbs 19:22reliabilitymoneygoodness
• The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit;
  a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
  Psalm 51:17sacrificerepentance
• If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
  John 15:7rewardJesusWord of God
• So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
  Mark 11:24faithprayerreceiving
• He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.”
  Mark 9:35humilityJesusunderstanding
• So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
  it shall not return to me empty,
  but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
  and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
  Isaiah 55:11Word of Godspeakingreliability
• Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust, and may become participants of the divine nature.
  2 Peter 1:4rewarddesiresworld