Bible Verses about 'Wishes'

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• It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant.
  Matthew 20:26-27humilityservingneighbor
• You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
  James 4:4sinGodfriendship
• But our God is in the heavens.
  He does whatever he pleases.
  Psalm 115:3Godheavendependence
• For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake will save it.
  Luke 9:24sacrificelife
• For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
  Matthew 16:25salvationdeathlife
• He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”
  Luke 9:23obediencecrucifixion
• For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
  Mark 8:35evangelismsalvationlife
• He sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”
  Mark 9:35humilityJesusunderstanding
• If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
  John 12:26servingfollowingFather
• He called the multitude to himself with his disciples and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”
  Mark 8:34salvationJesusfollowing
• For,
  “He who would love life
  and see good days,
  let him keep 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 3:10-11lovepeacelife
• But he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
  Luke 12:48righteousnessobediencepunishment
• The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
  2 Peter 3:9salvationpatienceconversion