28 Bible Verses about Right Desires

What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?

And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why have you taken my gods?

And he said, I have had a great desire to keep this Passover with you before I come to my death;

But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;

For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;

But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;

Now when Herod saw Jesus he was very glad, having for a long time had a desire to see him, for he had had accounts of him, and was hoping to see some wonders done by him.

For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.

And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but what I have hate for, that I do. But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.

For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.

Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;

Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.

For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:

And not by his coming only, but by the comfort which he had in you, while he gave us word of your desire, your sorrow, your care for me; so that I was still more glad.

And in this I give my opinion: for it is to your profit, who were the first to make a start a year before, not only to do this, but to make clear that your minds were more than ready to do it.

Then make the doing of it complete; so that as you had a ready mind, you may give effect to it as you are able.

Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.

So when they came together, Pilate said to them, Whom will you have? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is named Christ?

And he said to her, What is your desire? She says to him, Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.

And Jesus, stopping, sent for them, and said, What would you have me do to you?

And he said to them, What would you have me do for you?

And Jesus said to him, What would you have me do to you? And the blind man said, Master, make me able to see.

Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.

And in this way the girl went in to the king; whatever she had a desire for was given to her to take with her from the women's house into the house of the king.

Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.

Say to the children of Israel that they are to make me an offering; from every man who has the impulse in his heart take an offering for me.