'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.
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.