Bible Verses about 'Desires'

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• Delight yourself also in the Lord,
  And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
  Psalm 37:4 giving seeking heart
• Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave.
  Matthew 20:26-27 humility serving neighbor
• I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
  Galatians 5:16 sin Spirit desires
• But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
  Romans 13:14 desires addiction Jesus
• For whoever desires 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 desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
  Matthew 16:25 salvation death life
• For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
  Galatians 5:17 obedience Spirit
• 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.
  1 Timothy 6:9 money greed materialism
• Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.”
  Luke 9:23 obedience crucifixion
• You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
  John 8:44 devil desires truth
• For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
  Mark 8:35 evangelism salvation life
• And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”
  Mark 9:35 humility Jesus understanding
• And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
  1 John 2:17 eternal life obedience desires
• For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
  Romans 8:6 Spirit peace life
• When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”
  Mark 8:34 salvation Jesus following
• Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
  Colossians 3:5 sin desires materialism
• By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
  2 Peter 1:4 reward desires world
• May He grant you according to your heart’s desire,
  And fulfill all your purpose.
  Psalm 20:4 planning blessing 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.
  1 John 2:16 desires addiction pride
• For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
  Matthew 6:21 materialism money heart
• What is desired in a man is kindness,
  And a poor man is better than a liar.
  Proverbs 19:22 reliability money goodness
• 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, the things of the Spirit.
  Romans 8:5 life body Spirit
• 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.”
  1 Peter 3:10-11 love peace life
• For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age.
  Titus 2:11-12 grace righteousness salvation
• How they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.
  Jude 1:18-19 end times desires church
• Behold the proud,
  His soul is not upright in him;
  But the just shall live by his faith.
  Habakkuk 2:4 righteousness life reliability
• 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.
  Isaiah 26:8 law righteousness desires
• Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
  2 Timothy 2:22 desires temptation evil
• And He said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”
  Mark 7:20-23 sin purification temptation
• 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.
  Philippians 1:23-24 death life
• And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, and that you may not follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined.
  Numbers 15:39 law obedience desires
• For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
  Hebrews 4:12 Word of God strength thoughts
• Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  Galatians 5:19-21 body sin sexuality
• If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath,
  From doing your pleasure on My holy day,
  And call the Sabbath a delight,
  The holy day of the Lord honorable,
  And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways,
  Nor finding your own pleasure,
  Nor speaking your own words,
  Then you shall delight yourself in the Lord;
  And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth,
  And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father.
  The mouth of the Lord has spoken.
  Isaiah 58:13-14 sabbath
• Who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting.
  Romans 1:25-28 idols sexuality desires