10 Bible Verses about God's Desires

Behold, thou wilt have 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 after the work of thy hands.

For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

But go and learn what that is I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous men but sinners.

But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

And he goes up into the mountain, and calls whom he himself would, and they went to him.

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

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire;

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

Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire: ears hast thou prepared me. Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not demanded;