Quotes about Desire
I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
— Song of Solomon 7:10
O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
— Song of Solomon 8:1
Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
— Song of Solomon 8:14
In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
— Isaiah 4:1
They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
— Isaiah 9:20
Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
— Isaiah 13:17
My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
— Isaiah 21:4
as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
— Isaiah 29:8
who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
— Isaiah 44:28
Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
— Isaiah 48:14
He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
— Isaiah 53:2
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
— Isaiah 56:11