Desire
Core Verses30
“But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.”
“From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?”
“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”
“Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.”
“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:”
“Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.”
“Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.”
“He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.”
“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.”
“And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.”
“Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.”
“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;”
“For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.”
“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”
“As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.”
“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”
“And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”
“The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.”
“And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.”
“But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.”
“Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.”
“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;”
“For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”
“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”
“And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.”
“Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)”
“Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.”
“Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.”
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