'Desire' in the Bible

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.