Bible Verses about 'Desires'

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• Take delight in the Lord,
  and he will give you the desires of your heart.
  Psalm 37:4 giving seeking heart
• Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.
  Galatians 5:16 sin Spirit desires
• Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
  Romans 13:14 desires addiction Jesus
• 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 5:17 obedience Spirit
• 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 6:9 money greed materialism
• 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 8:44 devil desires truth
• 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 20:26-27 humility serving neighbor
• And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God abide forever.
  1 John 2:17 eternal life obedience desires
• To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
  Romans 8:6 Spirit peace life
• For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it.
  Luke 9:24 sacrifice life
• For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
  Matthew 16:25 salvation death life
• Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).
  Colossians 3:5 sin desires materialism
• Then he said to them all, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.”
  Luke 9:23 obedience crucifixion
• 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 1:4 reward desires world
• May he grant you your heart’s desire
  and fulfill all your plans.
  Psalm 20:4 planning blessing heart
• 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 2:16 desires addiction pride
• For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
  Matthew 6:21 materialism money heart
• What is desirable in a person is loyalty,
  and it is better to be poor 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 set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
  Romans 8:5 life body Spirit
• For
  “Those who desire to love life
  and 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.”
  1 Peter 3:10-11 love peace life
• For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly.
  Titus 2:11-12 grace righteousness salvation
• 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 1:18-19 end times desires church
• Look at the proud!
  Their spirit is not right in them,
  but the righteous live by their faithfulness.
  Habakkuk 2:4 righteousness life reliability
• 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 8:35 evangelism salvation life
• 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 9:35 humility Jesus understanding
• In the path of your judgments,
  O Lord, we have placed hope;
  your name and your renown
  are the soul’s desire.
  Isaiah 26:8 law righteousness desires
• Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
  2 Timothy 2:22 desires temptation evil
• They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Their females exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, and in the same way also the males, giving up natural intercourse with females, were consumed with their passionate desires for one another. Males committed shameless acts with males and received in their own persons the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to an unfit mind and to do things that should not be done.
  Romans 1:25-28 idols sexuality desires
• And he said, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles. For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
  Mark 7:20-23 sin purification temptation
• 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.
  Philippians 1:23-24 death life
• You have the fringe so that, when you see it, you will remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them and not follow the lust of your own heart and your own eyes.
  Numbers 15:39 law obedience desires
• He called the crowd with his disciples and said to them, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”
  Mark 8:34 salvation Jesus following
• Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
  Hebrews 4:12 Word of God strength thoughts
• Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  Galatians 5:19-21 body sin sexuality
• If you refrain from trampling the Sabbath,
  from pursuing your own interests on my holy day;
  if you call the Sabbath a delight
  and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
  if you honor it, not going your own ways,
  serving your own interests or pursuing your own affairs;
  then you shall take delight in the Lord,
  and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth;
  I will feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Jacob,
  for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
  Isaiah 58:13-14 sabbath