Bible Verses about 'Want'

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• The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
  But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.
  Psalm 34:10 God seeking
• The Lord is my shepherd;
  I shall not want.
  He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
  He leads me beside the still waters.
  Psalm 23:1-2 blessing rest dependence
• Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
  Matthew 19:21 blameless giving materialism
• Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
  Matthew 7:12 law neighbor relationships
• That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.
  Philippians 3:10 suffering Jesus resurrection
• Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
  2 Timothy 3:12 life persecution Jesus
• 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
• You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.
  James 4:2 sin desires prayer
• 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
• Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.
  Mark 14:36 easter Father Jesus
• 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
• That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ.
  Colossians 2:2 Jesus encouragement love
• And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good?
  1 Peter 3:13 goodness evil work
• “For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore turn and live!”
  Ezekiel 18:32 conversion death eternal life
• Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
  John 17:24 Jesus Father prayer
• In like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.
  1 Timothy 2:9-10 beauty worship materialism
• A fool has no delight in understanding,
  But in expressing his own heart.
  Proverbs 18:2 speaking wisdom selfishness
• But let justice run down like water,
  And righteousness like a mighty stream.
  Amos 5:24 law righteousness
• For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
  Hebrews 10:36 patience obedience receiving
• For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established— that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
  Romans 1:11-12 friendship strength encouragement
• 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
• If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
  John 15:7 reward Jesus Word of God
• 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
• Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content.
  Philippians 4:11 trust dependence contentment
• You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
  Galatians 5:4 righteousness grace law
• Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
  1 Corinthians 15:1-2 faith evangelism salvation
• 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
• 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 do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
  Matthew 10:28 fear soul body
• “Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?” says the Lord God, “and not that he should turn from his ways and live?”
  Ezekiel 18:23 conversion life death
• So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
  It shall not return to Me void,
  But it shall accomplish what I please,
  And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
  Isaiah 55:11 Word of God speaking reliability
• 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
• And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
  Job 1:12 devil protection almighty
• Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
  James 4:4 sin God friendship
• The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
  2 Peter 3:9 salvation patience conversion
• Take words with you,
  And return to the Lord.
  Say to Him,
  “Take away all iniquity;
  Receive us graciously,
  For we will offer the sacrifices of our lips.”
  Hosea 14:2 conversion forgiveness
• Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
  To loose the bonds of wickedness,
  To undo the heavy burdens,
  To let the oppressed go free,
  And that you break every yoke?
  Isaiah 58:6 fasting neighbor slavery
• But “he who glories, let him glory in the Lord.” For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
  2 Corinthians 10:17-18 reliability pride
• I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
  Philippians 4:12 contentment food life
• But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.
  Matthew 9:13 mercy righteousness sacrifice
• Thus says the Lord:
  “Stand in the ways and see,
  And ask for the old paths, where the good way is,
  And walk in it;
  Then you will find rest for your souls.
  But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’”
  Jeremiah 6:16 rest soul goodness
• 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
• Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
  Acts 13:38-39 law Jesus forgiveness