925 verses about Desires

David longed, and said, “Oh that one would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”

Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.”

In addition, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, since I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I give it to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this desire forever in the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart for you;

That night, God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask for what you want me to give you.”

God said to Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, nor yet have you asked for long life; but have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king,

Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart;

Thus Solomon finished Yahweh’s house and the king’s house; and he successfully completed all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in Yahweh’s house and in his own house.

and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found by them. Then Yahweh gave them rest all around.

Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.

“Hear, our God; for we are despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity;

Then the king’s servants who served him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.

and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” The thing pleased the king, and he did so.

The young woman then came to the king like this: whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the women’s house to the king’s house.

In the evening she went, and on the next day she returned into the second women’s house, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch, who kept the concubines. She came in to the king no more, unless the king delighted in her, and she was called by name.

Then the king asked her, “What would you like, queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom.”

The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”

Then Esther answered and said, “My petition and my request is this.

If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said.”

Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he didn’t stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.

Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

So Haman came in. The king said to him, “What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?” Now Haman said in his heart, “Who would the king delight to honor more than myself?”

The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”

Who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

“Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,

The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.

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

“Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.

You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands.

Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,

But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made desolate all my company.

My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.

“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,

though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;

He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.

“Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.

I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

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

“I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

“If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,

“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.

Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright. I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.

May He grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.

You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.

Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.

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

Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

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

A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.

Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.

I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests for me.

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.

They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.

So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.

They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,

I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.

He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.

They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh’s saint.

Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t believe his word,

They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.

The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.