Quotes about Desire
For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.
— Philippians 2:26
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
— Colossians 3:5
Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.
— 1 Thessalonians 2:17
not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
— 1 Thessalonians 4:5
To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith,
— 2 Thessalonians 1:11
Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
— 2 Timothy 3:12
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
— Hebrews 10:5
In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).
— Hebrews 10:8
For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
— Hebrews 12:17
But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
— James 1:14
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
— James 1:15
You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
— James 4:2