Bible Verses about 'Desires'
- Delight yourself in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart. - But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
- For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
- But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
- For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.
- And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
- You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
- It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave.
- For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
- For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
- For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
- Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
- And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”
- For “Whoever desires to love life
and see good days,
let him keep 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.” - By which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
- May he grant you your heart's desire
and fulfill all your plans! - For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- What is desired in a man is steadfast love,
and a poor man is better than a liar. - For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
- They said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
- Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
but the righteous shall live by his faith. - For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.
- And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”
- In the path of your judgments,
O Lord, we wait for you;
your name and remembrance
are the desire of our soul.
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