10 Bible Verses about God's Desires

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

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

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

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

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

Father, I will 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: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot 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 didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.