'Desire' in the Bible

The enemy said, 'I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.'

You must not desire another man's wife, nor should you crave his house, his field, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, or anything else he owns."

If only it would really be their desire to fear me and obey all my commandments in the future, so that it may go well with them and their descendants forever.

Then you may spend the money however you wish for cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and enjoy it.

If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord!"

Don't be concerned about the donkeys that you lost three days ago, for they have been found. Whom does all Israel desire? Is it not you, and all your father's family?"

Abner said to David, "Let me leave so that I may go and gather all Israel to my lord the king so that they may make an agreement with you. Then you will rule over all that you desire." So David sent Abner away, and he left in peace.

My dynasty is approved by God, for he has made a perpetual covenant with me, arranged in all its particulars and secured. He always delivers me, and brings all I desire to fruition.

Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel.

The Lord told my father David, 'It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.

I will select you; you will rule over all you desire to have and you will be king over Israel.

David said to the whole Israelite assembly, "If you so desire and the Lord our God approves, let's spread the word to our brothers who remain in all the regions of Israel, and to the priests and Levites in their cities, so they may join us.

God said to Solomon, "Because you desire this, and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies, and because you did not ask for long life, but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king,

Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel.

The Lord told my father David, 'It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.

And let the king appoint officers throughout all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the attractive young women to Susa the citadel, to the harem under the authority of Hegai, the king's eunuch who oversees the women, and let him provide whatever cosmetics they desire.

But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the Lord. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."

their troubles multiply, they desire other gods. I will not pour out drink offerings of blood to their gods, nor will I make vows in the name of their gods.

Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.

May he grant your heart's desire; may he bring all your plans to pass!

You grant him his heart's desire; you do not refuse his request. (Selah)

I have asked the Lord for one thing -- this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord's house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple.

May those who desire my vindication shout for joy and rejoice! May they continually say, "May the Lord be praised, for he wants his servant to be secure."

O Lord, you understand my heart's desire; my groaning is not hidden from you.

Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom.

Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!

Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; you do not desire a burnt sacrifice.

Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire no one but you on earth.

For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation, and I said, 'These people desire to go astray; they do not obey my commands.'

He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.

The Lord's deeds are great, eagerly awaited by all who desire them.

When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

Give me a desire for your rules, rather than for wealth gained unjustly.

You open your hand, and fill every living thing with the food they desire.

He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them.

She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things you desire can compare with her.

What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.

What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath.

From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the faithless desire the fruit of violence.

The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools abhor turning away from evil.

Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;

Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.

who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says, 'My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,'

All of you, gather together and listen! Who among them announced these things? The Lord's ally will carry out his desire against Babylon; he will exert his power against the Babylonians.

In the same way, the promise that I make does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend."

He sees there is no advocate; he is shocked that no one intervenes. So he takes matters into his own hands; his desire for justice drives him on.

He wears his desire for justice like body armor, and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head. He puts on the garments of vengeance and wears zeal like a robe.

If people want to boast, they should boast about this: They should boast that they understand and know me. They should boast that they know and understand that I, the Lord, act out of faithfulness, fairness, and justice in the earth and that I desire people to do these things," says the Lord.

I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I am the Lord. I will be their God and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly return to me.'

They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.

But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.

Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

-- children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband's decision, but by God.

Since many of them had no desire to eat, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not put out to sea from Crete, thus avoiding this damage and loss.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.

Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation.

(for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation,

And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person's foundation,

But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.

For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling,

So here is my opinion on this matter: It is to your advantage, since you made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give,

I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort -- for the sake of his good pleasure -- is God.

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

But when we were separated from you, brothers and sisters, for a short time (in presence, not in affection) we became all the more fervent in our great desire to see you in person.

And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,

But do not accept younger widows on the list, because their passions may lead them away from Christ and they will desire to marry,

So when he came into the world, he said, "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.

When he says above, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire nor did you take delight in them" (which are offered according to the law),

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.

Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.

You desire and you do not have; you murder and envy and you cannot obtain; you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask;

For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.

Through these things he has bestowed on us his precious and most magnificent promises, so that by means of what was promised you may become partakers of the divine nature, after escaping the worldly corruption that is produced by evil desire.

because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.

Now I desire to remind you (even though you have been fully informed of these facts once for all) that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, later destroyed those who did not believe.

So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.