Bible Verses about 'Wants'

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• Then he sat down, summoned the Twelve, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to be first, he must become the last of all and the servant of all.”
  Mark 9:35humilityJesusunderstanding
• This must not be so with you. Instead, whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your servant.
  Matthew 20:26-27humilityservingneighbor
• Indeed, persecution will afflict all who want to lead a godly life in Christ Jesus.
  2 Timothy 3:12lifepersecutionJesus
• He then called the people and his disciples to him and said to them, “Anyone who wishes to follow me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”
  Mark 8:34salvationJesusfollowing
• For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the sake of the gospel will save it.
  Mark 8:35evangelismsalvationlife
• Then he said to all who were with him, “Anyone who wishes to follow me must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.”
  Luke 9:23obediencecrucifixion
• Adulterers! Do you not know that love of the world results in enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wishes to be a lover of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
  James 4:4sinGodfriendship
• Jesus replied,
  “This is the work of God:
  to believe in the one whom he has sent.”
  John 6:29faithGodJesus
• For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
  Luke 9:24sacrificelife
• However, whoever lives by the truth
  comes to the light
  so that it may be clearly seen
  that his deeds have been done in God.
  John 3:21lighttruthobedience
• For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
  Matthew 16:25salvationdeathlife
• For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the Spirit, and those of the Spirit are opposed to the flesh. They are in conflict with one another, so that you cannot do what you want.
  Galatians 5:17obedienceSpirit
• If anyone wishes to serve me,
  he must follow me.
  Where I am,
  there also will my servant be.
  If anyone serves me,
  my Father will honor that person.
  John 12:26servingfollowingFather
• Which one of you, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has sufficient funds for its completion?
  Luke 14:28debtplanningmoney
• But without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever comes to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
  Hebrews 11:6faithjoyreward
• The Lord does not delay in keeping his promise, as some think in terms of delay, but he is patient with you. It is not his wish that any should perish but rather that all should be brought to repentance.
  2 Peter 3:9salvationpatienceconversion
• In the same way, even the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs that cannot be put into words.
  Romans 8:26speakingSpiritprayer
• The powerful suffer want and go hungry,
  but those who seek the Lord want for no good thing.
  Psalm 34:11Godseeking
• Such godly sorrow results in repentance that leads to salvation and causes no regret, whereas worldly sorrow produces death.
  2 Corinthians 7:10worryingsadnessrepentance
• You need to be steadfast if you want to do the will of God and receive what he has promised.
  Hebrews 10:36patienceobediencereceiving
• All I want is to come to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and to share in his sufferings by becoming conformed to his death.
  Philippians 3:10sufferingJesusresurrection
• However, those who want riches fall into temptations and are trapped into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
  1 Timothy 6:9moneygreedmaterialism
• You want something that you cannot have, so you commit murder. And you covet something but cannot obtain it, so you engage in quarrels and fights. You do not have because you do not ask.
  James 4:2sindesiresprayer
• Prepare in advance what you want to say,
  and return to the Lord.
  Say to him, “Take away all guilt
  and give us what is good,
  so that we may present as offerings
  the bullocks from our stalls.”
  Hosea 14:3conversionforgiveness
• I want their hearts to be encouraged and united in love so that they may grow rich in their complete understanding as they come to the knowledge of the mystery of God, that is, Christ.
  Colossians 2:2Jesusencouragementlove