10 Bible Verses about God's Desires

Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part You shall make me to know wisdom.

You shall call, and I will answer You; You shall have a desire to the work of Your hands.

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

But go and learn what this is, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

But if you had known what this is, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice," you would not have condemned those who are not guilty.

And He went up into a mountain and called near those whom He would. And they came to Him.

Father, I desire that those whom You have given Me, that they may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me, for You have loved Me before the foundation of the world.

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. And these are contrary to one another; lest whatever you may will, these things you do.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness of it.

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened; burnt offering and sin offering You have not asked.