5 Bible Verses about God's Desires

Go and learn what this means: I wish for mercy and not a sacrifice; for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

But if you had known what, I wish for mercy and not a sacrifice, means, you would not have condemned the innocent;

AND he went up on the mountain, and called whom he would; and they went to him.

Father, what thou hast given me, I will that they should be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me; because thou didst love me before the foundation of the world;

For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are opposed one to another, so that you do not what you wish.