5 Bible Verses about God's Desires

But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

And if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

And he went up on the mountain, and called to him those he himself wanted. And they came to him.

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me may 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 desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, so that you may not do what you would.