Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Desire’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Desire’ occurs 166 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 4:7 If you behave well, will you not receive? But if you behave badly, will not sin at once be present at the door? And so its desire will be within you, and you will be dominated by it.”Genesis 4:7
Genesis 29:30 And, having at last obtained the marriage he desired, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and he served with him another seven years.Genesis 29:30
Genesis 31:30 It may be that you desired to go to your own, and that you longed for the house of your father. But why have you stolen my gods?”Genesis 31:30
Genesis 49:26 The blessings of your father are strengthened by the blessings of his fathers, until the desire of the hills of eternity shall arrive. May they be at the head of Joseph, and at the summit of the Nazarite, among his brothers.Genesis 49:26
Number of the word / term Desire in Genesis: 4
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 2:16 Now there was a priest of Midian with seven daughters, who came to draw water. And having filled the troughs, they desired to water their father’s flocks.Exodus 2:16
Exodus 20:17 You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; neither shall you desire his wife, nor male servant, nor female servant, nor ox, nor donkey, nor anything that is his.”Exodus 20:17
Number of the word / term Desire in Exodus: 2
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 11:4 So then, the mix of common people, who had ascended with them, were enflamed with desire, and sitting and weeping, with the sons of Israel joining them, they said, “Who will give us flesh to eat?Numbers 11:4
Numbers 11:34 And that place was called, ‘The Graves of Lust.’ For there, they buried the people who had desired.Numbers 11:34
Numbers 32:22 and all the land is subjected to him. Then you will be guiltless with the Lord and with Israel, and you will obtain the regions which you desire before the Lord.Numbers 32:22
Number of the word / term Desire in Numbers: 3
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 12:20 When the Lord your God will have enlarged your borders, just as he has spoken to you, and when you would eat the flesh that your soul desires,Deuteronomy 12:20
Deuteronomy 14:26 And you shall buy with the same money whatever pleases you, either from the herds or from the sheep, and also wine and liquor, and all that your soul desires. And you shall eat in the sight of the Lord your God, and you shall feast: you and your household.Deuteronomy 14:26
Deuteronomy 18:6 If a Levite departs from one of the cities, throughout all of Israel, in which he lives, and if he wills and desires to go to the place which the Lord will choose,Deuteronomy 18:6
Number of the word / term Desire in Deuteronomy: 3
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 20:9 These cities were established for all the sons of Israel, and for the new arrivals who were living among them, so that whoever had struck down a life unintentionally might flee to these, and not die at the hand of a close relative who desires to vindicate the blood that was shed, until he should stand before the people, in order to present his case.Joshua 20:9
Number of the word / term Desire in Joshua: 1
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 2:16 And the one who was immolating would say to him, “First, allow the fat to be burned today, according to custom, and then take for yourself whatever your soul desires.” But in response, he would say to him: “By no means. For you will give it to me now, otherwise I will take it by force.”1 Samuel 2:16
1 Samuel 23:20 Now therefore, if your soul has desired to descend, then descend. Then it will be for us to deliver him into the hands of the king.”1 Samuel 23:20
Number of the word / term Desire in 1 Samuel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 3:21 And Abner said to David, “I will rise up, so that I may gather all of Israel to you, my lord the king, and so that I may enter into a pact with you, and so that you may reign over all, just as your soul desires.” Then, when David had led Abner away, and he had departed in peace,2 Samuel 3:21
2 Samuel 21:4 And the Gibeonites said to him: “There is no quarrel for us over silver or gold, but against Saul and against his house. And we do not desire that any man of Israel be put to death.” The king said to them, “Then what do you wish that I should do for you?”2 Samuel 21:4
2 Samuel 23:15 Then David desired, and he said, “If only someone would give me a drink of the water from the cistern, which is in Bethlehem beside the gate!”2 Samuel 23:15
Number of the word / term Desire in 2 Samuel: 3
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 9:1 Now it happened that, when Solomon had perfected the building of the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all that he had desired and had willed to do,1 Kings 9:1
1 Kings 10:13 Then king Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all that she desired and requested of him, aside from what he himself had offered to her from his royal bounty. And she returned and went away to her own land, with her servants.1 Kings 10:13
1 Kings 10:24 And all the earth desired to see the face of Solomon, so as to hear his wisdom, which God had granted to his heart.1 Kings 10:24
1 Kings 11:37 And I will take you up, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires. And you shall be king over Israel.1 Kings 11:37
Number of the word / term Desire in 1 Kings: 4
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 11:17 And then David desired and said, “O if only someone would give me water from the well of Bethlehem, which is at the gate!”1 Chronicles 11:17
1 Chronicles 22:5 And David said: “My son Solomon is a young and tender boy. But the house that I desire to be built to the Lord ought to be so great that it is renowned in every region. Therefore, I will prepare what will be necessary for him.” And for this reason, before his death, he prepared all the expenses.1 Chronicles 22:5
1 Chronicles 29:18 O Lord, the God of our fathers Abraham and Isaac and Israel, preserve unto eternity this desire of their heart, and let this purpose remain forever, for the worship of you.1 Chronicles 29:18
Number of the word / term Desire in 1 Chronicles: 3
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 2:5 For the house that I desire to build is great. For our God is great, above all gods.2 Chronicles 2:5
2 Chronicles 2:9 so that very much wood may be prepared for me. For the house that I desire to build is exceedingly great and glorious.2 Chronicles 2:9
2 Chronicles 9:12 Then king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, and all that she requested, and much more than what she had brought to him. And returning, she went away to her own land with her servants.2 Chronicles 9:12
2 Chronicles 19:7 Let the fear of the Lord be with you, and do all things with diligence. For there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor desire for gifts.”2 Chronicles 19:7
Number of the word / term Desire in 2 Chronicles: 4
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Esther
Esther 2:14 And whoever entered at evening, departed in the morning, and then from there she was led to the second house, which was under the hand of Shaashgaz the eunuch, who presided over the king’s concubines. Nor did she have the power to return again to the king, unless the king desired it and had summoned her by name.Esther 2:14
Esther 6:2 they came to that place where it had been written, how Mordecai had reported the treachery of Bigthan and Teresh the eunuchs, who desired to cut the throat of king Artaxerxes.Esther 6:2
Number of the word / term Desire in Esther: 2
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Job
Job 7:2 Just as a servant desires the shade, and just as the hired hand looks forward to the end of his work,Job 7:2
Job 13:3 Yet I speak this way to the Almighty, and I desire to argue with God,Job 13:3
Job 20:20 And yet his stomach will not be satisfied, and when he has the things he desires, he will not be able to possess them.Job 20:20
Job 30:15 I have been reduced to nothing. You have taken away my desire like a wind, and my health has passed by like a cloud.Job 30:15
Job 31:35 then, would he grant me a hearing, so that the Almighty would listen to my desire, and he who judges would himself write a book,Job 31:35
Job 33:20 Bread becomes abominable to him in his life, and, to his soul, the meat which before he desired.Job 33:20
Job 37:11 Crops desire clouds, and the clouds scatter their light.Job 37:11
Number of the word / term Desire in Job: 7
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 10:3 For the sinner is praised by the desires of his soul, and the iniquitous is blessed.Psalm 10:3
Psalm 10:17 The Lord has heeded the desire of the poor. Your ear has listened to the preparation of their heart,Psalm 10:17
Psalm 16:3 As for the saints, who are in his land: he has made all my desires wonderful in them.Psalm 16:3
Psalm 21:2 You have granted him the desire of his heart, and you have not cheated him of the wish of his lips.Psalm 21:2
Psalm 38:9 O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden.Psalm 38:9
Psalm 45:11 And the king will desire your beauty. For he is the Lord your God, and they will adore him.Psalm 45:11
Psalm 51:16 For if you had desired sacrifice, I would certainly have given it, but with holocausts, you will not be delighted.Psalm 51:16
Psalm 62:10 Do not trust in iniquity, and do not desire plunder. If riches flow toward you, do not be willing to set your heart on them.Psalm 62:10
Psalm 78:18 And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking for food according to their desires.Psalm 78:18
Psalm 78:29 And they ate until they were greatly satisfied, and he brought to them according to their desires.Psalm 78:29
Psalm 81:12 And so, I sent them away, according to the desires of their heart. They will go forth according to their own inventions.Psalm 81:12
Psalm 103:5 He satisfies your desire with good things. Your youth will be renewed like that of the eagle.Psalm 103:5
Psalm 106:14 And they coveted their desire in the desert, and they tempted God in a waterless place.Psalm 106:14
Psalm 107:30 And they were joyful that it was stilled, and he led them into the haven that they desired.Psalm 107:30
Psalm 112:10 The sinner will see and become angry. He will gnash his teeth and waste away. The desire of sinners will perish.Psalm 112:10
Psalm 119:20 My soul has longed to desire your justifications at all times.Psalm 119:20
Psalm 119:35 Lead me according to the path of your commandments, for I have desired this.Psalm 119:35
Psalm 119:131 I opened my mouth and drew breath, for I desired your commandments.Psalm 119:131
Psalm 127:5 Blessed is the man who has filled his desire from these things. He will not be confounded when he speaks to his enemies at the gate.Psalm 127:5
Psalm 140:8 O Lord, do not hand me over to the sinner by my desire. They have plotted against me. Do not abandon me, lest they should triumph.Psalm 140:8
Number of the word / term Desire in Psalm: 20
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 1:22 “Little ones, how long will you choose to be childish, and how long will the foolish desire what is harmful to themselves, and how long will the imprudent hate knowledge?Proverbs 1:22
Proverbs 3:15 She is more precious than all riches, and all that can be desired cannot prevail in comparison to her.Proverbs 3:15
Proverbs 6:25 Let not your heart desire her beauty; do not be captivated by her winks.Proverbs 6:25
Proverbs 7:18 Come, let us be inebriated in abundance, and let us delight in the embraces of desire, until the day begins to dawn.Proverbs 7:18
Proverbs 10:24 What the impious fear will overwhelm them. The just shall be given their desire.Proverbs 10:24
Proverbs 11:23 The desire of the just is entirely good. The anticipation of the impious is fury.Proverbs 11:23
Proverbs 12:12 The desire of the impious is the fortification of what is most wicked. But the root of the just shall prosper.Proverbs 12:12
Proverbs 13:12 Hope, when it is delayed, afflicts the soul. The arrival of the desired is a tree of life.Proverbs 13:12
Proverbs 13:19 The desired, when perfected, shall delight the soul. The foolish detest those who flee from evils.Proverbs 13:19
Proverbs 21:10 The soul of the impious desires evil; he will not take pity on his neighbor.Proverbs 21:10
Proverbs 21:26 He covets and desires all day long. But whoever is just shall distribute and shall not cease.Proverbs 21:26
Proverbs 23:3 Do not desire his foods, in which is the bread of deceit.Proverbs 23:3
Proverbs 23:6 Do not eat with an envious man, and do not desire his foods.Proverbs 23:6
Proverbs 24:1 Do not imitate evil men, nor desire to be among them.Proverbs 24:1
Number of the word / term Desire in Proverbs: 14
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 2:10 And all that my eyes desired, I did not refuse them. Neither did I prohibit my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and from amusing itself in the things that I had prepared. And I regarded this as my share, as if I were making use of my own labors.Ecclesiastes 2:10
Ecclesiastes 6:2 It is a man to whom God has given wealth, and resources, and honor; and out of all that he desires, nothing is lacking to his life; yet God does not grant him the ability to consume these things, but instead a man who is a stranger will devour them. This is emptiness and a great misfortune.Ecclesiastes 6:2
Ecclesiastes 6:9 It is better to see what you desire, than to desire what you cannot know. But this, too, is emptiness and a presumption of spirit.Ecclesiastes 6:9
Number of the word / term Desire in Ecclesiastes: 3
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Song
Song of Solomon 2:3 Bride to Chorus: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat beneath the shadow of the one whom I desired, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.Song of Solomon 2:3
Number of the word / term Desire in Song: 1
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 1:11 The multitude of your sacrifices, what is that to me, says the Lord? I am full. I do not desire holocausts of rams, nor the fat of fatlings, nor the blood of calves and of lambs and of he-goats.Isaiah 1:11
Isaiah 13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them. They will not seek silver, nor desire gold.Isaiah 13:17
Isaiah 26:8 And in the path of your judgments, O Lord, we have endured for you. Your name and your remembrance are the desire of the soul.Isaiah 26:8
Isaiah 26:9 My soul has desired you in the night. But I will also watch for you with my spirit, in my inmost heart, from the morning. When you accomplish your judgments upon the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn justice.Isaiah 26:9
Isaiah 53:2 And he will rise up like a tender plant in his sight, and like a root from the thirsty ground. There is no beautiful or stately appearance in him. For we looked upon him, and there was no aspect, such that we would desire him.Isaiah 53:2
Number of the word / term Desire in Isaiah: 5
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 2:24 A wild donkey accustomed to solitude, out of the desire in his soul, caught the scent of his lover. Now nothing will turn him away from her. All those who seek her will not cease. But they will find her in her menstruation.Jeremiah 2:24
Jeremiah 17:16 But I am not troubled; I am following you as my shepherd. And I have not desired the day of man, as you know. That which has gone forth from my lips has been right in your sight.Jeremiah 17:16
Number of the word / term Desire in Jeremiah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 18:32 For I do not desire the death of one who dies, says the Lord God. So return and live.”Ezekiel 18:32
Ezekiel 21:16 Be sharpened! Go to the right or to the left, whichever way is the desire of your face.Ezekiel 21:16
Ezekiel 23:7 And she distributed her fornications to those chosen men, all of them sons of the Assyrians. And she defiled herself with the uncleanness of all those whom she madly desired.Ezekiel 23:7
Ezekiel 23:9 Because of this, I have delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the sons of the Assur, whom she has lustfully desired.Ezekiel 23:9
Ezekiel 23:16 she became mad for them with the desire of her eyes, and she sent messengers to them in Chaldea.Ezekiel 23:16
Ezekiel 24:16 “Son of man, behold, I am taking away from you, with a stroke, the desire of your eyes. And you shall not lament, and you shall not weep. And your tears shall not flow down.Ezekiel 24:16
Ezekiel 24:21 ‘Speak to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will defile my sanctuary, the pride of your realm, and the desire of your eyes, and the dread of your soul. Your sons and your daughters, whom you have forsaken, will fall by the sword.’Ezekiel 24:21
Ezekiel 24:25 “And as for you, son of man, behold, in the day when I will take away from them their strength, and the joy of their dignity, and the desire of their eyes, in which their souls find rest: their sons and their daughters,Ezekiel 24:25
Ezekiel 33:11 Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I do not desire the death of the impious, but that the impious should convert from his way and live. Be converted, be converted from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?Ezekiel 33:11
Number of the word / term Desire in Ezekiel: 9
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 11:37 And he will give no thought to the God of his fathers, and he will be in the desire of women, and he will not attend to any gods, because he will rise up against all things.Daniel 11:37
Number of the word / term Desire in Daniel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God more than holocausts.Hosea 6:6
Hosea 9:6 For, behold, they have been sent away by devastation. Egypt will gather them together; Memphis will bury them. Nettles will inherit their desired silver; the burr will be in their tabernacles.Hosea 9:6
Hosea 10:10 According to my desire, I will correct them. And the peoples will be gathered together over them, while they are chastised for their two iniquities.Hosea 10:10
Number of the word / term Desire in Hosea: 3
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Amos
Amos 5:18 Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord. What is it to you? The day of the Lord is this: darkness and not light.Amos 5:18
Number of the word / term Desire in Amos: 1
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Micah
Micah 2:2 And they have desired fields and have taken them by violence, and they have stolen houses. And they have made false accusations against a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.Micah 2:2
Micah 7:1 Woe to me, for I have become just like one who gleans the clusters of the vintage in autumn. There is no cluster of grapes to consume; my soul desired figs out of season.Micah 7:1
Micah 7:3 The evil of their hands, they call good. The leader is demanding, and the judge is yielding, and the great is speaking the desire of his soul, and they have confused it.Micah 7:3
Number of the word / term Desire in Micah: 3
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Haggai
Haggai 2:7 And I will move all nations. And the Desired of all nations will arrive. And I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts.Haggai 2:7
Number of the word / term Desire in Haggai: 1
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Malachi
Malachi 3:1 Behold, I send my angel, and he will prepare the way before my face. And presently the Sovereign, whom you seek, and the angel of testimony, whom you desire, will arrive at his temple. Behold, he approaches, says the Lord of hosts.Malachi 3:1
Number of the word / term Desire in Malachi: 1
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 9:13 So then, go out and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the just, but sinners.”Matthew 9:13
Matthew 12:7 And if you knew what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would never have condemned the innocent.Matthew 12:7
Matthew 13:17 Amen I say to you, certainly, that many of the prophets and the just desired to see what you see, and yet they did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and yet they did not hear it.Matthew 13:17
Number of the word / term Desire in Matthew: 3
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Mark
Mark 4:19 but worldly tasks, and the deception of riches, and desires about other things enter in and suffocate the word, and it is effectively without fruit.Mark 4:19
Number of the word / term Desire in Mark: 1
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Luke
Luke 12:49 I have come to cast a fire upon the earth. And what should I desire, except that it may be kindled?Luke 12:49
Luke 17:22 And he said to his disciples: “The time will come when you will desire to see one day of the Son of man, and you will not see it.Luke 17:22
Luke 22:15 And he said to them: “With longing have I desired to eat this Passover with you, before I suffer.Luke 22:15
Number of the word / term Desire in Luke: 3
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book John
John 8:44 You are of your father, the devil. And you will carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. And he did not stand in the truth, because the truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks it from his own self. For he is a liar, and the father of lies.John 8:44
Number of the word / term Desire in John: 1
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Romans
Romans 1:24 For this reason, God handed them over to the desires of their own heart for impurity, so that they afflicted their own bodies with indignities among themselves.Romans 1:24
Romans 1:27 And similarly, the males also, abandoning the natural use of females, have burned in their desires for one another: males doing with males what is disgraceful, and receiving within themselves the recompense that necessarily results from their error.Romans 1:27
Romans 6:12 Therefore, let not sin reign in your mortal body, such that you would obey its desires.Romans 6:12
Romans 13:14 Instead, be clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in its desires.Romans 13:14
Romans 15:23 Yet truly now, having no other destination in these regions, and having already had a great desire to come to you over the past many years,Romans 15:23
Number of the word / term Desire in Romans: 5
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 10:6 Now these things were done as an example for us, so that we might not desire evil things, just as they desired.1 Corinthians 10:6
Number of the word / term Desire in 1 Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 7:7 and not only by his arrival, but also by the consolation with which he was consoled among you. For he brought to us your desire, your weeping, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.2 Corinthians 7:7
2 Corinthians 7:11 So consider this same idea, being sorrowful according to God, and what great solicitude it accomplishes in you: including protection, and indignation, and fear, and desire, and zeal, and vindication. In all things, you have shown yourselves to be uncorrupted by this sorrow.2 Corinthians 7:11
2 Corinthians 11:12 But what I am doing, I will continue to do, so that I may take away an opportunity from those who desire an opportunity by which they may glory, so as to be considered to be like us.2 Corinthians 11:12
Number of the word / term Desire in 2 Corinthians: 3
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 4:9 But now, since you have known God, or rather, since you have been known by God: how can you turn away again, to weak and destitute influences, which you desire to serve anew?Galatians 4:9
Galatians 4:21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, have you not read the law?Galatians 4:21
Galatians 5:16 So then, I say: Walk in the spirit, and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.Galatians 5:16
Galatians 5:17 For the flesh desires against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh. And since these are against one another, you may not do whatever you want.Galatians 5:17
Galatians 5:24 For those who are Christ’s have crucified their flesh, along with its vices and desires.Galatians 5:24
Galatians 6:12 For as many of you as they desire to please in the flesh, they compel to be circumcised, but only so that they might not suffer the persecution of the cross of Christ.Galatians 6:12
Number of the word / term Desire in Galatians: 6
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Ephesians
Ephesians 2:3 And we too were all conversant in these things, in times past, by the desires of our flesh, acting according to the will of the flesh and according to our own thoughts. And so we were, by nature, sons of wrath, even like the others.Ephesians 2:3
Ephesians 4:22 to set aside your earlier behavior, the former man, who was corrupted, by means of desire, unto error,Ephesians 4:22
Number of the word / term Desire in Ephesians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Philippians
Philippians 1:23 For I am constrained between the two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, which is the far better thing,Philippians 1:23
Philippians 2:26 For certainly, he has desired all of you, and he was saddened because you had heard that he was sick.Philippians 2:26
Philippians 4:1 And so, my most beloved and most desired brothers, my joy and my crown: stand firm in this way, in the Lord, most beloved.Philippians 4:1
Philippians 4:19 And may my God fulfill all your desires, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.Philippians 4:19
Number of the word / term Desire in Philippians: 4
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Colossians
Colossians 3:5 Therefore, mortify your body, while it is upon the earth. For because of fornication, impurity, lust, evil desires, and avarice, which are a kind of service to idols,Colossians 3:5
Number of the word / term Desire in Colossians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book 1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 2:17 And we, brothers, having been deprived of you for a short time, in sight, but not in heart, have hurried all the more to see your face, with a great desire.1 Thessalonians 2:17
1 Thessalonians 3:6 But then, when Timothy arrived to us from you, he reported to us your faith and charity, and that you keep a good remembrance of us always, desiring to see us, just as we likewise desire to see you.1 Thessalonians 3:6
1 Thessalonians 4:12 and to walk honestly with those who are outside, and to desire nothing belonging to another.1 Thessalonians 4:12
Number of the word / term Desire in 1 Thessalonians: 3
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book 1 Timothy
1 Timothy 3:1 It is a faithful saying: if a man desires the episcopate, he desires a good work.1 Timothy 3:1
1 Timothy 6:9 For those who want to become rich fall into temptation and into the snare of the devil and into many useless and harmful desires, which submerge men in destruction and in perdition.1 Timothy 6:9
1 Timothy 6:10 For desire is the root of all evils. Some persons, hungering in this way, have strayed from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.1 Timothy 6:10
Number of the word / term Desire in 1 Timothy: 3
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book 2 Timothy
2 Timothy 2:22 So then, flee from the desires of your youth, yet truly, pursue justice, faith, hope, charity, and peace, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.2 Timothy 2:22
2 Timothy 3:6 For among these are ones who penetrate houses and lead away, like captives, foolish women burdened with sins, who are led away by means of various desires,2 Timothy 3:6
2 Timothy 4:3 For there shall be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine, but instead, according to their own desires, they will gather to themselves teachers, with itching ears,2 Timothy 4:3
Number of the word / term Desire in 2 Timothy: 3
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Titus
Titus 2:12 instructing us to reject impiety and worldly desires, so that we may live soberly and justly and piously in this age,Titus 2:12
Titus 3:3 For, in times past, we ourselves were also unwise, unbelieving, erring, servants of various desires and pleasures, acting with malice and envy, being hateful and hating one another.Titus 3:3
Number of the word / term Desire in Titus: 2
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 6:11 Yet we desire that each one of you display the same solicitude toward the fulfillment of hope, even unto the end,Hebrews 6:11
Hebrews 12:17 For you know that afterwards, when he desired to inherit the benediction, he was rejected. For he found no place for repentance, even though he had sought it with tears.Hebrews 12:17
Number of the word / term Desire in Hebrews: 2
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book James
James 1:14 Yet truly, each one is tempted by his own desires, having been enticed and drawn away.James 1:14
James 1:15 Thereafter, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. Yet truly sin, when it has been consummated, produces death.James 1:15
James 4:1 Where do wars and contentions among you come from? Is it not from this: from your own desires, which battle within your members?James 4:1
James 4:2 You desire, and you do not have. You envy and you kill, and you are unable to obtain. You argue and you fight, and you do not have, because you do not ask.James 4:2
James 4:3 You ask and you do not receive, because you ask badly, so that you may use it toward your own desires.James 4:3
James 4:5 Or do you think that Scripture says in vain: “The spirit which lives within you desires unto envy?”James 4:5
Number of the word / term Desire in James: 6
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book 1 Peter
1 Peter 1:12 To them, it was revealed that they were ministering, not for themselves, but for you those things which have now been announced to you through those who have preached the Gospel to you, through the Holy Spirit, who was sent down from heaven to the One upon whom the Angels desire to gaze.1 Peter 1:12
1 Peter 1:14 Be like sons of obedience, not conforming to the desires of your former ignorance,1 Peter 1:14
1 Peter 2:2 Like newborn infants, desire the milk of reasonableness without guile, so that by this you may increase unto salvation,1 Peter 2:2
1 Peter 2:11 Most beloved, I beg you, as new arrivals and sojourners, to abstain from carnal desires, which battle against the soul.1 Peter 2:11
1 Peter 4:2 so that now he may live, for the remainder of his time in the flesh, not by the desires of men, but by the will of God.1 Peter 4:2
Number of the word / term Desire in 1 Peter: 5
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book 2 Peter
2 Peter 1:4 Through Christ, he has given us the greatest and most precious promises, so that by these things you may become sharers in the Divine Nature, fleeing from the corruption of that desire which is in the world.2 Peter 1:4
2 Peter 2:10 even more so, those who walk after the flesh in unclean desires, and who despise proper authority. Boldly pleasing themselves, they do not dread to introduce divisions by blaspheming;2 Peter 2:10
2 Peter 2:18 For, speaking with the arrogance of vanity, they lure, by the desires of fleshly pleasures, those who are fleeing to some extent, who are being turned from error,2 Peter 2:18
2 Peter 3:3 Know this first: that in the last days there will arrive deceitful mockers, walking according to their own desires,2 Peter 3:3
Number of the word / term Desire in 2 Peter: 4
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book 1 John
1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world is the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the arrogance of a life which is not of the Father, but is of the world.1 John 2:16
1 John 2:17 And the world is passing away, with its desire. But whoever does the will of God abides unto eternity.1 John 2:17
Number of the word / term Desire in 1 John: 2
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Jude
Jude 1:16 These ones are complaining murmurers, walking according to their own desires. And their mouth is speaking arrogance, admiring persons for the sake of gain.Jude 1:16
Jude 1:18 who declared to you that, in the end time, there would arrive mockers, walking according to their own desires, in impieties.Jude 1:18
Number of the word / term Desire in Jude: 2
Bible passages with ‘Desire’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 9:6 And in those days, men will seek death and they will not find it. And they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.Revelation 9:6
Revelation 18:14 And the fruits of the desires of your soul have gone away from you. And all things fat and splendid have perished from you. And they shall never find these things again.Revelation 18:14
Number of the word / term ‘Desire’ in Revelation: 2
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 166
