10 Bible Verses about God's Desires

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.

For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

And he goeth up into the mountain, and calleth unto him whom he himself would; and they went unto him.

Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.