'Desires' in the Bible

"'If a foreigner lives among you, and desires to keep the Passover to Yahweh; according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its ordinance, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the foreigner, and for him who is born in the land.'"

When Yahweh your God shall enlarge your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, "I want to eat meat," because your soul desires to eat meat; you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.

and you shall bestow the money for whatever your soul desires, for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you; and you shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

If the man said to him, "Let the fat be burned first, and then take as much as your soul desires;" then he would say, "No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force."

Saul said, "You shall tell David, 'The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies.'" Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you."

Abner said to David, "I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires." David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

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

As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,

But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

Who is someone who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires. Friends

Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.

Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, 'The old is better.'"

He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.

Turning to the disciples, he said, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him."

For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.

If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn't sin. Let them marry.

A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whoever she desires, only in the Lord.

But the one and the same Spirit works all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.

among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.

Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.

If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way.

The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" He who hears, let him say, "Come!" He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.