28 Bible Verses about Right Desires

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth days, that he may see good?

And now that thou must needs be gone, because thou greatly longedst after thy father's house, why hast thou stolen my gods?

And he said to them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer.

But now, having no longer place in these regions, and having great desire to come to you these many years,

But we, brethren, having been bereaved of you and separated for a little moment in person, not in heart, have used more abundant diligence to see your face with much desire;

For I greatly desire to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to establish you;

earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

But Timotheus having just come to us from you, and brought to us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have always good remembrance of us, desiring much to see us, even as we also you;

And when Herod saw Jesus he greatly rejoiced, for he had been a long while desirous of seeing him, because of hearing many things concerning him, and he hoped to see some sign done by him;

so, as far as depends on me, am I ready to announce the glad tidings to you also who are in Rome.

For that which I do, I do not own: for not what I will, this I do; but what I hate, this I practise. But if what I do not will, this I practise, I consent to the law that it is right.

For I do not practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that I do.

and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;

Now I desire that ye should all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy. But greater is he that prophesies than he that speaks with tongues, unless he interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.

For indeed in this we groan, ardently desiring to have put on our house which is from heaven;

and not by his coming only, but also through the encouragement with which he was encouraged as to you; relating to us your ardent desire, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I the more rejoiced.

And I give my opinion in this, for this is profitable for you who began before, not only to do, but also to be willing, a year ago.

But now also complete the doing of it; so that as there was the readiness to be willing, so also to complete out of what ye have.

And all indeed who desire to live piously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?

And he said to her, What wilt thou? She says to him, Speak the word that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand and one on thy left in thy kingdom.

And Jesus, having stopped, called them and said, What will ye that I shall do to you?

And he said to them, What would ye that I should do for you?

And Jesus answering says to him, What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And the blind man said to him, Rabboni, that I may see.

Then Jesus answering said to her, O woman, thy faith is great. Be it to thee as thou desirest. And her daughter was healed from that hour.

and thus came the maiden in unto the king), whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.

Brethren, the delight of my own heart and my supplication which I address to God for them is for salvation.

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me a heave-offering: of every one whose heart prompteth him, ye shall take my heave-offering.