Bible Verses about 'Desires'

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• Take delight in the Lord,
  and he will give you the desires of your heart.
  Psalm 37:4givingseekingheart
• Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.
  Galatians 5:16sinSpiritdesires
• Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
  Romans 13:14desiresaddictionJesus
• For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want.
  Galatians 5:17obedienceSpirit
• 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
• You are from your father the devil, and you choose 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 according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
  John 8:44devildesirestruth
• It will not be so among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave.
  Matthew 20:26-27humilityservingneighbor
• And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever.
  1 John 2:17eternal lifeobediencedesires
• To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
  Romans 8:6Spiritpeacelife
• For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it.
  Luke 9:24sacrificelife
• For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
  Matthew 16:25salvationdeathlife
• Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).
  Colossians 3:5sindesiresmaterialism
• Then he said to them all, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.”
  Luke 9:23obediencecrucifixion
• 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
• May he grant you your heart's desire,
  and fulfill all your plans.
  Psalm 20:4planningblessingheart
• 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
• For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
  Matthew 6:21materialismmoneyheart
• What is desirable in a person is loyalty,
  and it is better to be poor than a liar.
  Proverbs 19:22reliabilitymoneygoodness
• 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.
  Romans 8:5lifebodySpirit
• For they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, indulging their own ungodly lusts.” It is these worldly people, devoid of the Spirit, who are causing divisions.
  Jude 1:18-19end timesdesireschurch
• Look at the proud!
  Their spirit is not right in them,
  but the righteous live by their faith.
  Habakkuk 2:4righteousnesslifereliability
• For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.
  Mark 8:35evangelismsalvationlife
• 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
• 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
• Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
  2 Timothy 2:22desirestemptationevil