'Wants' in the Bible
Then they said, "We'll call the girl and find out what she wants to do."
But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph's house. They said, "We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!"
When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay us in full for all the harm we did to him?"
"When a foreigner lives with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord, all his males must be circumcised, and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land -- but no uncircumcised person may eat of it.
If a resident foreigner lives among you and wants to keep the Passover to the Lord, he must do so according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its custom. You must have the same statute for the resident foreigner and for the one who was born in the land.'"
The Lord will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The Lord was pleased to make you his own people.
Saul replied, "Here is what you should say to David: 'There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his enemies.'" (Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.)
Ornan told David, "You can have it! My master, the king, may do what he wants. Look, I am giving you the oxen for burnt sacrifices, the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for an offering. I give it all to you."
for gold and silver items, and for all the work of the craftsmen. Who else wants to contribute to the Lord today?"
Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.
He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.
May those who desire my vindication shout for joy and rejoice! May they continually say, "May the Lord be praised, for he wants his servant to be secure."
The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.
This man, Jeconiah, will be like a broken pot someone threw away. He will be like a clay vessel that no one wants. Why will he and his children be forced into exile? Why will they be thrown out into a country they know nothing about?
But Baruch son of Neriah is stirring you up against us. He wants to hand us over to the Babylonians so that they will kill us or carry us off into exile in Babylon."
He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God.
And if someone wants to sue you and to take your tunic, give him your coat also.
Give to the one who asks you, and do not reject the one who wants to borrow from you.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,
and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave --
He trusts in God -- let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said, 'I am God's Son'!"
Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.
After he sat down, he called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."
But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,
and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all.
No one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, 'The old is good enough.'"
Then he said to them all, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus, "Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you."
If anyone wants to do God's will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.
If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
But if the unbeliever wants a divorce, let it take place. In these circumstances the brother or sister is not bound. God has called you in peace.
since he wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.
For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.
If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and completely consumes their enemies. If anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way.
And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let the one who hears say: "Come!" And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wants it take the water of life free of charge.
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- Wish (209 instances)
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