Desires

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”

Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”

Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.

My days have passed; my plans are broken off—even the desires of my heart.

But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?

Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah

He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.

God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.

I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.

If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

…to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.

Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

…for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.

Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.

Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

…when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.