10 Bible Verses about God's Desires

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thy hands.

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

But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

And he goeth up upon a mountain, and calleth to him whom he would: and they came to him.

Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given to me be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given to me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; my ears hast thou opened: burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.