12 Bible Verses about Human Desires

for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.

and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person. And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, 'Take for me this damsel for a wife.' And Jacob hath heard that he hath defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sons were with his cattle in the field, and Jacob kept silent till their coming.read more.
And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him; and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it is very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done. And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, 'Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife,

And he doth not multiply to himself wives, and his heart doth not turn aside, and silver and gold he doth not multiply to himself -- exceedingly.

If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,

but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

and it hath been to you for a fringe, and ye have seen it, and have remembered all the commands of Jehovah, and have done them, and ye search not after your heart, and after your eyes, after which ye are going a-whoring;

'O Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this to the age for the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and prepare their heart unto Thee;

Whom I -- I see on my side, And mine eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, Consumed have been my reins in my bosom.

but I have known you, that the love of God ye have not in yourselves.

My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!

Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart.

And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,