Bible Verses about 'Desire'

«»

• Whom have I in heaven but You?
  And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
  Psalm 73:25trustGodheaven
• May He grant you according to your heart’s desire,
  And fulfill all your purpose.
  Psalm 20:4planningblessingheart
• Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
  But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
  Proverbs 13:12hopelifeheart
• Yes, in the way of Your judgments,
  O Lord, we have waited for You;
  The desire of our soul is for Your name
  And for the remembrance of You.
  Isaiah 26:8lawrighteousnessdesires
• Lord, all my desire is before You;
  And my sighing is not hidden from You.
  Psalm 38:9temptationworryingsadness
• 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 9:13mercyrighteousnesssacrifice
• Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
  2 Timothy 3:12lifepersecutionJesus
• For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.
  Philippians 1:23-24deathlife
• As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby.
  1 Peter 2:2salvationfoodWord of God
• Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
  Colossians 3:5sindesiresmaterialism
• 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 17:24JesusFatherprayer
• 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 15:7rewardJesusWord of God
• 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 6:9moneygreedmaterialism
• 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 4:2sindesiresprayer
• Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.
  Mark 14:36easterFatherJesus
• I delight to do Your will, O my God,
  And Your law is within my heart.
  Psalm 40:8obediencelawheart
• For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
  1 John 2:16desiresaddictionpride
• I have made a covenant with my eyes;
  Why then should I look upon a young woman?
  Job 31:1desiresself-controlcovenant
• 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 55:11Word of Godspeakingreliability
• What is desired in a man is kindness,
  And a poor man is better than a liar.
  Proverbs 19:22reliabilitymoneygoodness
• 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 5:17obedienceSpirit
• I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
  Galatians 5:16sinSpiritdesires
• And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
  1 John 2:17eternal lifeobediencedesires
• As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.
  Revelation 3:19lovelifepunishment
• 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 3:10-11lovepeacelife