'Wanted' in the Bible

Now in Midian the Lord told Moses, “Return to Egypt, for all the men who wanted to kill you are dead.”

The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by pots of meat and ate all the bread we wanted. Instead, you brought us into this wilderness to make this whole assembly die of hunger!”

Now Moses took a tent and set it up outside the camp, far away from the camp; he called it the tent of meeting. Anyone who wanted to consult the Lord would go to the tent of meeting that was outside the camp.

Then he went and spoke to the woman, because Samson wanted her.

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever he wanted.

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever he wanted.

Abner conferred with the elders of Israel: “In the past you wanted David to be king over you.

So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,

The whole world wanted an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

All the kings of the world wanted an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.

My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who wanted to intimidate me.

and no restraint was placed on the drinking. The king had ordered every wine steward in his household to serve as much as each person wanted.

to bring Queen Vashti before him with her royal crown. He wanted to show off her beauty to the people and the officials, because she was very beautiful.

If one wanted to take Him to court,he could not answer God once in a thousand times.

Do not let them say in their hearts,“Aha! Just what we wanted.”Do not let them say,“We have swallowed him up!”

But you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each has taken back his male and female slaves who had been freed to go wherever they wanted, and you have again subjugated them to be your slaves.

This is what the Lord says: I am about to hand over Pharaoh Hophra, Egypt’s king, to his enemies, to those who want to take his life, just as I handed over Judah’s King Zedekiah to Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar, who was his enemy, the one who wanted to take his life.’”

If grape harvesters came to you,wouldn’t they leave some gleanings?Were thieves to come in the night,they would destroy only what they wanted.

Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the Spirit wanted to go, they went without turning as they moved.

Wherever the Spirit wanted to go, the creatures went in the direction the Spirit was moving. The wheels rose alongside them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

Because of the greatness He gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages were terrified and fearful of him. He killed anyone he wanted and kept alive anyone he wanted; he exalted anyone he wanted and humbled anyone he wanted.

“Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, the one different from all the others, extremely terrifying, with iron teeth and bronze claws, devouring, crushing, and trampling with its feet whatever was left.

I also wanted to know about the 10 horns on its head and about the other horn that came up, before which three fell—the horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke arrogantly, and that was more visible than the others.

I saw the ram charging to the west, the north, and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no rescue from his power. He did whatever he wanted and became great.

If thieves came to you,if marauders by night—how ravaged you would be!—wouldn’t they steal only what they wanted?If grape pickers came to you,wouldn’t they leave some grapes?

As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind. The sun beat down so much on Jonah’s head that he almost fainted, and he wanted to die. He said, “It’s better for me to die than to live.”

As the strong horses went out, they wanted to go patrol the earth, and the Lord said, “Go, patrol the earth.” So they patrolled the earth.

Though he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, since they regarded him as a prophet.

For this reason, the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, yet you were not willing!

At the festival the governor’s custom was to release to the crowd a prisoner they wanted.

Then He went up the mountain and summoned those He wanted, and they came to Him.

So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

He saw them being battered as they rowed, because the wind was against them. Around three in the morning He came toward them walking on the sea and wanted to pass by them.

But I tell you that Elijah really has come, and they did whatever they pleased to him, just as it is written about him.”

So they motioned to his father to find out what he wanted him to be called.

“I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this I hear such things about?” And he wanted to see Him.

For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you see yet didn’t see them; to hear the things you hear yet didn’t hear them.”

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

Herod was very glad to see Jesus; for a long time he had wanted to see Him because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by Him.

Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks He distributed them to those who were seated—so also with the fish, as much as they wanted.

Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

Jesus knew they wanted to question Him, so He said to them, “Are you asking one another about what I said, ‘A little while and you will not see Me; again a little while and you will see Me’?

“I assure you: When you were young, you would tie your belt and walk wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you and carry you where you don’t want to go.”

When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.

Then he became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing something, he went into a visionary state.

Barnabas wanted to take along John Mark.

Paul wanted Timothy to go with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.

When he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers wrote to the disciples urging them to welcome him. After he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace.

Though Paul wanted to go in before the people, the disciples did not let him.

Then some of the crowd gave Alexander advice when the Jews pushed him to the front. So motioning with his hand, Alexander wanted to make his defense to the people.

The next day, since he wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and instructed the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to convene. Then he brought Paul down and placed him before them. >

He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we apprehended him [and wanted to judge him according to our law.

But the centurion kept them from carrying out their plan because he wanted to save Paul, so he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

After they examined me, they wanted to release me, since I had not committed a capital offense.

But now God has placed each one of the parts in one body just as He wanted.

God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

So we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but Satan hindered us.

I wanted to keep him with me, so that in my imprisonment for the gospel he might serve me in your place.

Because God wanted to show His unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath,

For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected because he didn’t find any opportunity for repentance, though he sought it with tears.