Quotes about Desire
Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”
— Deuteronomy 3:25
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
— Deuteronomy 5:21
When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.
— Deuteronomy 12:20
Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.
— Deuteronomy 14:26
if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,
— Deuteronomy 21:11
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
— Joshua 7:21
One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
— Joshua 15:18
One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
— Judges 1:14
One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.
— Judges 14:1
So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”
— Judges 14:2
But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”
— Judges 14:3
Then Samson continued on his way down and spoke to the woman, because she was pleasing to his eyes.
— Judges 14:7