Bible Verses about 'Desires'
| Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. | Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. |
| Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. | But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. |
| Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. | But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. |
| 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. | 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 want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. | 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. |
| 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. | 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 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. | 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. |
| And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever. | And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. |
| To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. | For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. |
| For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their 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 save it. |
| For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find 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, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). | Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. |
| 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.” | And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” |
| 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. | 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. | May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans! |
| 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. | 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. |
| For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. | For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. |
| What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar. | 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. | 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. |
| Look at the proud! Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faith. | Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith. |
| 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. | For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. |
| He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” | 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 your renown are the soul's desire. | In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul. |
| Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. | So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. |
| 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: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” | And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” |
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