'Wish' in the Bible

but I did not want to do anything without first getting your consent, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.

and one of you says to them, "I wish you well; keep yourselves warm and well fed," and yet you do not give them what they need; what is the use of that?

And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

The children of your elect (chosen) sister greet you.

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Many things I had to write, but I do not wish through ink and pen to write to thee,

I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were cold or hot.

These have the authority to shut the sky, so that {it does not rain} during the days of their prophecy. And they have authority over the waters, to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with every plague as often as they wish.