Quotes about Desire
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
— Proverbs 23:5
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
— Proverbs 23:6
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
— Proverbs 23:35
The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.
— Proverbs 27:7
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
— Proverbs 27:20
Two things I ask of You—do not refuse me before I die:
— Proverbs 30:7
The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
— Proverbs 30:15
All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
— Ecclesiastes 1:8
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
— Ecclesiastes 2:10
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.
— Ecclesiastes 6:2
All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
— Ecclesiastes 6:7
Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
— Ecclesiastes 6:9