'Eager' in the Bible

A wicked and faithless generation are eager for a sign; but none shall be given to them except the sign of Jonah." and He left them and went away.

but though they were eager to lay hands upon Him, they were afraid of the people, for by them He was regarded as a Prophet.

The whole crowd were eager to touch Him, because power went forth from him and cured every one.

On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put Him to death--because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also spoke of God as being in a special sense His Father, thus putting Himself on a level with God.

so that for my part I am willing and eager to proclaim the Good News to you also who are in Rome.

But now, as there is no more unoccupied ground in this part of the world, and I have for years past been eager to pay you a visit,

And in this they became a warning to us, to teach us not to be eager, as they were eager, in pursuit of what is evil.

Be eager in your pursuit of this Love, and be earnestly ambitious for spiritual gifts, but let it be chiefly so in order that you may prophesy.

but also by the fact that he had felt comforted on your account, and by the report which he brought of your eager affection, of your grief, and of your jealousy on my behalf, so that I rejoiced more than ever.

Slaves, be obedient to your earthly masters, with respect and eager anxiety to please and with simplicity of motive as if you were obeying Christ.

in fulfilment of my eager expectation and hope that I shall never have reason to feel ashamed, but that by my perfect freedom of speech Christ will be glorified in me, now as always, either by my life or by my death.

I am therefore all the more eager to send him, in the hope that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have the less sorrow.

Faithful is the saying, "If any one is eager to have the oversight of a Church, he desires a noble work."

but, as it is, we see them eager for a better land, that is to say, a heavenly one. For this reason God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has now prepared a city for them.

Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.

They were eager to know the time which the Spirit of Christ within them kept indicating, or the characteristics of that time, when they solemnly made known beforehand the sufferings that were to come upon Christ and the glories which would follow.

And in their immoral ways they will have many eager disciples, through whom religion will be brought into disrepute.

Dear friends, since I am eager to begin a letter to you on the subject of our common salvation, I find myself constrained to write and cheer you on to the vigorous defense of the faith delivered once for all to God's people.

If any one is eager to lead others into captivity, he must himself go into captivity. If any one is bent on killing with the sword, he must himself be killed by the sword. Here is an opportunity for endurance, and for the exercise of faith, on the part of God's people.