925 verses about Desires

Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YUD

I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH

Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.

My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.

I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.

My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning.

Yahweh, my heart isn’t haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.

For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.

“This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it.

Yahweh, don’t grant the desires of the wicked. Don’t let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.

Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.

I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.

You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.

who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil;

To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.

Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?

Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.

passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,

Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.

So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:

I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.

For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.

He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”

With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.

Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths,

for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.

For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.

“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”

Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.

The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.

The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.

That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.

put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies:

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

Don’t be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:

Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

“Two things I have asked of you; don’t deny me before I die:

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;

“The leach has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough:’

Sheol, the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough.’

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure”; and behold, this also was vanity.

I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was—yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.