| Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you. | Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. |
| May he grant you your heart's desire, and fulfill all your plans. | Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. |
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| Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. | Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. |
| In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and your renown are the soul's desire. | 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. |
| Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). | Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. |
| 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. | 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. |
| O Lord, all my longing is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you. | Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. | Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. |
| And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever. | And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. |
| 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.” | 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. |
| Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation. | As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby. |
| 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. | 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. |
| If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will 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. |
| Abba, Father, for you all things are possible; remove this cup from me; yet, not what I want, but what you want. | 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; your law is within my heart. | I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. |
| 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. | 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. |
| I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look upon a virgin? | I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? |
| What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar. | The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. |
| I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent. | As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. |
| The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, 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 who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. | Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. |
| In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; 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. |
