Bible Verses about 'Desires'

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• Take delight in the Lord,
  and he will grant you what your heart desires.
  Psalm 37:4 giving seeking heart
• Hence, I advise you to be guided by the Spirit, so that you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
  Galatians 5:16 sin Spirit desires
• The desires of the flesh result in death, but the desires of the Spirit result in life and peace.
  Romans 8:6 Spirit peace life
• Rather, put on the Lord Jesus Christ and allow no opportunity for the flesh to gratify its sinful desires.
  Romans 13:14 desires addiction Jesus
• However, those who want riches fall into temptations and are trapped into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
  1 Timothy 6:9 money greed materialism
• For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the Spirit, and those of the Spirit are opposed to the flesh. They are in conflict with one another, so that you cannot do what you want.
  Galatians 5:17 obedience Spirit
• You are from your father, the devil,
  and you choose to carry out your father’s desires.
  He was a murderer from the beginning,
  and he does not abide by the truth,
  for there is no truth in him.
  When he lies,
  he speaks in accord with his own nature,
  for he is a liar
  and the father of lies.
  John 8:44 devil desires truth
• And so you should put to death everything in your nature that is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desires, and greed (which is idolatry).
  Colossians 3:5 sin desires materialism
• This must not be so with you. Instead, whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your servant.
  Matthew 20:26-27 humility serving neighbor
• As we proceed in the path of your judgments,
  we wait for you, O Lord;
  your name and your renown
  are all that our heart desires.
  Isaiah 26:8 law righteousness desires
• By these he has given us his precious promises, great beyond all price, so that through them you may escape from the corruption with which evil desires have infected the world and thereby may come to share in the divine nature.
  2 Peter 1:4 reward desires world
• For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to the entire human race. It teaches us to reject godless ways and worldly desires, and in the present age to lead lives that are temperate, just, and godly.
  Titus 2:11-12 grace righteousness salvation
• And the world with all its enticements
  is passing away,
  but whoever does the will of God
  abides forever.
  1 John 2:17 eternal life obedience desires
• For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
  Luke 9:24 sacrifice life
• For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
  Matthew 16:25 salvation death life
• Then he said to all who were with him, “Anyone who wishes to follow me must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.”
  Luke 9:23 obedience crucifixion
• May he give you your heart’s desire
  and grant you success in all your plans.
  Psalm 20:5 planning blessing heart
• For everything that is in the world—
  the concupiscence of the flesh,
  the concupiscence of the eyes,
  and the pride of life—
  comes not from the Father
  but from the world.
  1 John 2:16 desires addiction pride
• For where your treasure is, there will your heart also be.
  Matthew 6:21 materialism money heart
• A man’s attraction is his kindness;
  it is far better to be poor than to be a liar.
  Proverbs 19:22 reliability money goodness
• Those who live according to the flesh fix their attention on the things of the flesh, while those who live according to the Spirit set their thoughts on spiritual things.
  Romans 8:5 life body Spirit
• For:
  “If anyone wishes to love life
  and to experience good days,
  he must restrain his tongue from evil
  and his lips from deceitful speech.
  He must turn away from evil and do good,
  seek peace and pursue it.”
  1 Peter 3:10-11 love peace life
• For they said to you, “In the final age there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly passions.” It is these people who create divisions, who follow their natural instincts and do not possess the Spirit.
  Jude 1:18-19 end times desires church
• The proud man’s heart is not upright,
  but the righteous man will live
  because of his faith.
  Habakkuk 2:4 righteousness life reliability
• For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the sake of the gospel will save it.
  Mark 8:35 evangelism salvation life
• Then he sat down, summoned the Twelve, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to be first, he must become the last of all and the servant of all.”
  Mark 9:35 humility Jesus understanding
• Turn away from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart.
  2 Timothy 2:22 desires temptation evil
• Then he went on, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles. For from within, from the human heart, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, arrogance, and folly. All these evils come from within, and they defile a person.”
  Mark 7:20-23 sin purification temptation
• I am pulled in opposite directions. My desire is to depart and to be with Christ, for that is far better, but, it is a more urgent need for you that I remain in the body.
  Philippians 1:23-24 death life
• When you look at the tassels, you will remember the commandments of the Lord and keep them. Thus you will not prostitute yourselves by following after the lusts in your own heart or your own eyes.
  Numbers 15:39 law obedience desires
• He then called the people and his disciples to him and said to them, “Anyone who wishes to follow me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”
  Mark 8:34 salvation Jesus following
• Indeed, the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any two-edged sword, it pierces to the point where it divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and the intentions of the heart.
  Hebrews 4:12 Word of God strength thoughts
• Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you previously, that no one who does such things will inherit the kingdom of God.
  Galatians 5:19-21 body sin sexuality
• If you refrain from traveling on the Sabbath
  and from engaging in your own interests on my holy day,
  if you call the Sabbath a day of joy
  and regard the Lord’s holy day as honorable,
  if you honor it by not going your own way,
  serving your own interests,
  or attending to your own affairs;
  then you will find true happiness in the Lord,
  and I will enable you to ride
  upon the heights of the earth.
  I will nourish you with the heritage of your father Jacob,
  for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
  Isaiah 58:13-14 sabbath
• They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and offered worship and service to the creature rather than to the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural practices. Likewise, men gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameful acts with men and received in their own persons the fitting penalty for their perversion. Furthermore, since these people did not see fit to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their depraved way of thinking and to all types of vile behavior.
  Romans 1:25-28 idols sexuality desires