'Desires' in the Bible

And if a Levite comes from one of your {towns} from {anywhere in Israel} where he is residing, {he may come whenever he desires}, to the place that Yahweh will choose,

Then Saul said, "This [is] what you must say to David: '{The king desires no bride price} except for a hundred foreskins of [the] Philistines, to avenge himself on the enemies of the king.'" (Now Saul had planned to allow David to fall by the hand of [the] Philistines.)

And Abner said to David, "Let me get up and go and gather all of Israel to my lord the king, that they may {make a covenant} with you so you can reign over all which your soul desires." So David dismissed Abner, and he left in peace.

You I will take, and you shall reign over all your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.

"My days are past; my plans are broken down-- [even] the desires of my heart.

Because he has not known satisfaction in his stomach, {he lets nothing escape that he desires}.

"But he [is] {alone}, and who can dissuade him? And {whatever he desires}, {indeed}, he does [it].

For you [are] not a God [who] desires wickedness. Evil cannot dwell with you.

Who [is] the man who desires life, who loves [many] days in order to see good?

Why do you look with hostility, O many-peaked mountains? This mountain God desires for his dwelling. Yes, Yahweh will abide [in it] forever.

But our God [is] in the heavens; all that he desires, he does.

All that Yahweh desires, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all [the] depths.

Do not grant, O Yahweh, [the] desires of [the] wicked. Do not allow [them] to attain their plan, lest they be exalted. Selah

She is more precious than rubies, and all your desires shall not compare with her.

For wisdom is better than jewels, and all desires shall not compare with her.

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor will not find mercy in his eyes.

God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; yet God does not enable him to enjoy it--instead someone else ends up enjoying it. This [is] vanity--indeed, it [is] a grievous ill!

Do not be terrified of his presence! Go at once and do not delay when a matter [is] unpleasant, for he can do anything that he desires.

{I belong to my beloved}, {and he desires me}!

Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations, like an object that no one desires.

Woe is me! For I have become like the gatherings of summer, like the gleanings of the grape harvest, [when] there is no cluster of grapes to eat [or] early ripened fruit [that] my soul desires.

But he answered [and] said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation desires a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah!

and the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other [things] come in [and] choke the word and it becomes unproductive.

For no one does anything in secret and [yet] he himself desires to be {publicly recognized}. If you are doing these [things], reveal yourself to the world!"

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own [nature], because he is a liar and the father {of lies}.

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to immorality, [that] their bodies would be dishonored among themselves,

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that [you] obey its desires,

For when we were in the flesh, sinful desires were working through the law in our members, to bear fruit for death.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.

For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh, for these are in opposition to one another, so that whatever you want, you may not do these [things].

Now those {who belong to Christ} have crucified the flesh together with its feelings and its desires.

among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and we were children of wrath by nature, as also the rest of [them] were.

[that] you take off, according to your former way of life, the old man, who is being destroyed according to deceitful desires,

The saying [is] trustworthy: if anyone aspires to supervision, he desires a good work.

But refuse younger widows, for whenever their physical desires lead them away from Christ, they want to marry,

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge those people into ruin and destruction.

But flee from youthful desires, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, [and] peace, in company with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.

For from these are those who slip into houses and captivate foolish women loaded down with sins, led by various kinds of desires,

For there will be a time when they will not put up with sound teaching, but in accordance with their own desires, they will accumulate for themselves teachers, {because they have an insatiable curiosity},

training us in order that, denying impiety and worldly desires, we may live self-controlled and righteously and godly in the present age,

For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.

But each one is tempted [when he] is dragged away and enticed by his own desires.

Or do you think that in vain the scripture says, "The spirit which he caused to dwell in us desires jealously"?

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former desires [you used to conform to] in your ignorance,

Dear friends, I urge [you] as foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your soul,

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for the will of God.

For the time that has passed [was] sufficient {to do what the Gentiles desire to do}, having lived in licentiousness, [evil] desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries,

{For by speaking high-sounding but empty words}, they entice with desires of the flesh [and] with licentiousness those who are scarcely escaping from those who live in error,

above all knowing this, that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following according to their own desires

These [people] are grumblers, discontented, proceeding according to their desires, and their mouths speaking pompous [words], {showing partiality to gain an advantage}.

for they said to you, "In the end time there will be scoffers following according to their own ungodly desires."

"And {the fruit your soul desires} has departed from you, and all the luxury and the splendor has perished from you, and they will never find them any more."