10 Bible Verses about God's Desires

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part you shall make me to know wisdom.

You shall call, and I will answer you: you will have a desire to the work of your hands.

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

But go and learn what that means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

But if you had known what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless.

And he went up into a mountain, and called unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.

Father, I will that they also, whom you have given me, 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.

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that you cannot do the things that you would.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.

Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; my ears have you opened: burnt offering and sin offering have you not required.