12 Bible Verses about Human Desires

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.read more.
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.