78 Bible Verses about eagerness

And some of the Gadites, siding with David, went to his strong place in the waste land, great and strong men, trained for war, expert in the use of arms, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were quick-footed like roes on the mountains;

After him Baruch, the son of Zabbai, was hard at work on another part, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib, the chief priest.

This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well.

She gets wool and linen, working at the business of her hands.

For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

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;

I said, Certainly you will go in fear of me, and come under my training, so that whatever I may send on her may not be cut off before her eyes: but they got up early and made all their works evil.

For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.

They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause; Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

And she came in quickly to the king, and said, My desire is that you give me straight away on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

Their interest in you is not good; but their desire is that you may be shut out, so that you may go after them. But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.

And all Judah was glad because of the oath, for they had taken it with all their heart, turning to the Lord with all their desire; and he was with them and gave them rest on every side.

For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:

And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.

One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.

Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God. My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?

O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;

Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king!

Go after love; still desiring to have the things which the Spirit gives, but most of all that you may have the prophet's power.

For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.

Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.

And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:

Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;

So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,

Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.

When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care; In the memory that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their saviour. But their lips were false to him, and their tongues were untrue to him;read more.
And their hearts were not right with him, and they did not keep their agreement with him.

Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.

Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

And that as you are full of every good thing, of faith, of the word, of knowledge, of a ready mind, and of love to us, so you may be full of this grace in the same way.

Make clear to them that they are to put themselves under rulers and authorities, to do what they are ordered, to be ready for every good work,

Who will do you any damage if you keep your minds fixed on what is good?

Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;

He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.

So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.

This is a true saying; and it is my desire that you may give certain witness about these things, so that those who have had faith in God may give attention to good works. These things are good and of profit to men;

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 will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.

This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism:

Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

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;

In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.

David himself gives him the name of Lord; and how then is he his son? And the common people gave ear to him gladly.

So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.

And while he was going out into the way, a man came running to him, and went down on his knees, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing have I to do, so that I may have eternal life?

And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

And when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the keepers of the sheep said to one another, Let us go now to Beth-lehem, and see this thing which has come about, which the Lord has made clear to us.

And all the people came early in the morning to give ear to his words in the Temple.

So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.

And when they went out, they made a request that these words might be said to them again on the Sabbath after.

Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

Have a care for these things; give yourself to them with all your heart, so that all may see how you go forward.

And everyone whose heart was moved, everyone who was guided by the impulse of his spirit, came with his offering for the Lord, for whatever was needed for the Tent of meeting and its work and for the holy robes. They came, men and women, all who were ready to give, and gave pins and nose-rings and finger-rings and neck-ornaments, all of gold; everyone gave an offering of gold to the Lord.

Then the people were glad because their offerings were freely given, for with a true heart they freely gave what they had to the Lord; and David the king was full of joy.

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.

Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.

And to do good, having wealth in good works, being quick to give, taking part with one another;

Give yourselves to prayer at all times, keeping watch with praise;

Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me;

I give praise to my God at every memory of you, And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.

Through Phinehas, and because of his passion for my honour, my wrath has been turned away from the children of Israel, so that I have not sent destruction on them all in my wrath.

And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have had your altars broken down, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.

And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage.

And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.

So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.

So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.

For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.

And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.

For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ: