'Required' in the Bible
Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, 'It is not required.'
I sought the Lord [on the authority of His word], and He answered me,And delivered me from all my fears.
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
God has looked down from heaven upon the children of menTo see if there is anyone who understands,Who seeks after God [who requires Him, who longs for Him as essential to life].
And I will walk at liberty,For I seek and deeply long for Your precepts.
I am Yours, save me [as Your own];For I have [diligently] sought Your precepts and required them [as my greatest need].
The tribes go up there, the tribes of the Lord, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the Lord.
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.