Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Want’ 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 ‘Want’ occurs 96 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 ‘Want’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 22:7 Isaac said to his father, “My father.” And he answered, “What do you want, son?” “Behold,” he said, “fire and wood. Where is the victim for the holocaust?”Genesis 22:7
Genesis 30:31 And Laban said, “What shall I give to you?” But he said, “I want nothing. But if you will do what I ask, I will feed and guard your sheep again.Genesis 30:31
Genesis 31:27 Why would you want to flee without my knowledge and without telling me, though I might have led you forward with gladness, and songs, and timbrels, and lyres?Genesis 31:27
Genesis 33:5 And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their little ones, and he said: “What do these want for themselves?” and “Are they related to you?” He responded, “These are the little ones that God has given as a gift to me, your servant.”Genesis 33:5
Genesis 34:21 “These men are peaceful, and they want to live among us. Let them trade in the land and cultivate it, for, being spacious and broad, it is in need of cultivation. We will receive their daughters as wives, and we will give them ours.Genesis 34:21
Genesis 38:17 He said, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” And again, she said, “I will allow what you want, if you give me a pledge, until you may send what you promise.”Genesis 38:17
Genesis 38:18 Judah said, “What do you want to be given for a pledge?” She responded, “Your ring and bracelet, and the staff that you hold in your hand.” Thereupon, the woman, from one sexual encounter, conceived.Genesis 38:18
Genesis 42:34 and bring your youngest brother to me, so that I may know that you are not scouts. And this one, who is held in chains, you may be able to receive again. And thereafter, you shall have permission to buy what you want.’ ”Genesis 42:34
Number of the word / term Want in Genesis: 8
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 2:14 But he responded: “Who appointed you as leader and judge over us? Do you want to kill me, just as yesterday you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was afraid, and he said, “How has this word become known?”Exodus 2:14
Number of the word / term Want in Exodus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 22:9 “What do these men want with you?”Numbers 22:9
Numbers 22:17 For I am ready to honor you, and whatever you would want, I shall give to you. Come and curse this people.”Numbers 22:17
Number of the word / term Want in Numbers: 2
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 7:7 And Joshua said: “Alas, O Lord God! Why would you want to lead this people over the river Jordan, so that you might deliver us into the hand of the Amorite and destroy us? I wish that we had remained beyond the Jordan, as when we began.Joshua 7:7
Number of the word / term Want in Joshua: 1
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Judges
Judges 13:12 And Manoah said to him: “When will your word be fulfilled. What do you want the boy to do? Or from what should he keep himself?”Judges 13:12
Judges 14:16 And she shed tears before Samson, and she complained, saying: “You hate me, and you do not love me. That is why you do not want to explain to me the problem, which you have proposed to the sons of my people.” But he responded: “I was not willing to reveal it to my father and mother. And so, how can I reveal it to you?”Judges 14:16
Judges 15:11 Then three thousand men of Judah descended to the cave of the rock at Etam. And they said to Samson: “Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why would you want to do this?” And he said to them, “As they have done to me, so I have done to them.”Judges 15:11
Judges 18:3 And they recognized the speech of the youth who was a Levite. And while making use of an inn with him, they said to him: “Who brought you here? What are you doing here? For what reason did you want to come here?”Judges 18:3
Number of the word / term Want in Judges: 4
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said: “Does the Lord want holocausts and victims, and not instead that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifice. And to heed is greater than to offer the fat of rams.1 Samuel 15:22
Number of the word / term Want in 1 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 18:22 And Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said to Joab again, “What prevents me from running after Hushai also?” And Joab said to him: “Why do you want to run, my son? You would not be the bearer of good news.”2 Samuel 18:22
Number of the word / term Want in 2 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 4:2 And Elisha said to her: “What do you want me to do for you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” And she responded, “I, your handmaid, do not have anything in my house, except a little oil, with which I may be anointed.”2 Kings 4:2
2 Kings 4:13 he said to his servant: “Say to her: Behold, you have ministered to us attentively in all things. What do you want, that I might do for you? Do you have any business, or do you want me to speak to the king, or to the leader of the military?” And she responded, “I live in the midst of my own people.”2 Kings 4:13
2 Kings 4:14 And he said, “Then what does she want, that I might do for her?” And Gehazi said: “You need not ask. For she has no son, and her husband is elderly.”2 Kings 4:14
Number of the word / term Want in 2 Kings: 3
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 21:10 “Go, and speak to David, and tell him: Thus says the Lord: I give to you the option of three things. Choose the one that you will want, and I will do it to you.”1 Chronicles 21:10
1 Chronicles 21:11 And when Gad had gone to David, he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Choose what you will want:1 Chronicles 21:11
Number of the word / term Want in 1 Chronicles: 2
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Esther
Esther 7:2 And the king said to her again on the second day, after he was warmed with wine, “What is your request, Esther, so that it may be given to you? And what do you want done? Even if you ask for half of my kingdom, you will obtain it.”Esther 7:2
Number of the word / term Want in Esther: 1
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Job
Job 13:26 For you write bitter things against me, and you want to consume me for the sins of my youth.Job 13:26
Job 21:14 Who has said to God, “Depart from us, for we do not want the knowledge of your ways.Job 21:14
Job 22:15 Do you not want to tend the path of the ages, which wicked men have spurned?Job 22:15
Job 23:6 I do not want him to contend with me with much strength, nor to overwhelm me with the bulk of his greatness.Job 23:6
Job 33:32 Yet, if you have anything to say, answer me and speak, for I want you to be treated justly.Job 33:32
Number of the word / term Want in Job: 5
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 40:6 Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have perfected ears for me. Holocaust and sin offering, you did not require.Psalm 40:6
Number of the word / term Want in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 2:18 And now what do you want from the way of Egypt, but to drink their turbid water? And what do you want from the way of the Assyrians, but to drink the water of their river?Jeremiah 2:18
Jeremiah 2:29 Why do you want to contend against me in judgment? You have all forsaken me, says the Lord.Jeremiah 2:29
Jeremiah 23:27 They want to cause my people to forget my name, by means of their dreams, which each of them describes to his neighbor, just as their fathers forgot my name for the sake of Baal.Jeremiah 23:27
Number of the word / term Want in Jeremiah: 3
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 12:38 Then certain ones from the scribes and the Pharisees responded to him, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”Matthew 12:38
Matthew 20:26 It shall not be this way among you. But whoever will want to be greater among you, let him be your minister.Matthew 20:26
Matthew 20:27 And whoever will want to be first among you, he shall be your servant,Matthew 20:27
Matthew 20:32 And Jesus stood still, and he called them and said, “What do you want, that I might do for you?”Matthew 20:32
Matthew 26:17 Then, on the first day of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus, saying, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”Matthew 26:17
Matthew 27:17 Therefore, having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Who is it that you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?”Matthew 27:17
Matthew 27:21 Then, in response, the procurator said to them, “Which of the two do you want to be released to you?” But they said to him, “Barabbas.”Matthew 27:21
Number of the word / term Want in Matthew: 7
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Mark
Mark 6:22 And when the daughter of the same Herodias had entered, and danced, and pleased Herod, along with those who were at table with him, the king said to the girl, “Request from me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”Mark 6:22
Mark 6:25 And immediately, when she had entered with haste to the king, she petitioned him, saying: “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”Mark 6:25
Mark 10:36 But he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”Mark 10:36
Mark 10:51 And in response, Jesus said to him, “What do you want, that I should do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Master, that I may see.”Mark 10:51
Mark 14:12 And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they immolate the Passover, the disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?”Mark 14:12
Mark 15:9 But Pilate answered them and said, “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?”Mark 15:9
Mark 15:12 But Pilate, responding again, said to them: “Then what do you want me to do with the king of the Jews?”Mark 15:12
Number of the word / term Want in Mark: 7
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Luke
Luke 6:31 And exactly as you would want people to treat you, treat them also the same.Luke 6:31
Luke 9:54 And when his disciples, James and John, had seen this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call for fire to descend from heaven and consume them?”Luke 9:54
Luke 16:26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chaos has been established, so that those who might want to cross from here to you are not able, nor can someone cross from there to here.’Luke 16:26
Luke 18:41 saying, “What do you want, that I might do for you?” So he said, “Lord, that I may see.”Luke 18:41
Luke 19:14 But his citizens hated him. And so they sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this one to reign over us.’Luke 19:14
Luke 19:27 ‘Yet truly, as for those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here, and put them to death before me.’ ”Luke 19:27
Luke 22:9 But they said, “Where do you want us to prepare it?”Luke 22:9
Number of the word / term Want in Luke: 7
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book John
John 5:6 Then, when Jesus had seen him reclining, and when he realized that he had been afflicted for a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?”John 5:6
John 6:67 Therefore, Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”John 6:67
John 9:27 He answered them: “I have already told you, and you heard it. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?”John 9:27
John 12:21 Therefore, these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and they petitioned him, saying: “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”John 12:21
John 18:39 But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore, do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?”John 18:39
John 21:18 Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked wherever you wanted. But when you are older, you will extend your hands, and another shall gird you and lead you where you do not want to go.”John 21:18
John 21:22 Jesus said to him: “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow me.”John 21:22
John 21:23 Therefore, the saying went out among the brothers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”John 21:23
Number of the word / term Want in John: 8
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Acts
Acts 7:28 Could it be that you want to kill me, in the same way that you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’Acts 7:28
Acts 9:6 And he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do you want me to do?”Acts 9:6
Acts 17:18 Now certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were arguing with him. And some were saying, “What does this sower of the Word want to say?” Yet others were saying, “He seems to be an announcer for new demons.” For he was announcing to them Jesus and the Resurrection.Acts 17:18
Acts 25:22 Then Agrippa said to Festus: “I myself also want to hear the man.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”Acts 25:22
Number of the word / term Want in Acts: 4
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Romans
Romans 1:13 But I want you to know, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you, (though I have been hindered even to the present time) so that I might obtain some fruit among you also, just as also among the other Gentiles.Romans 1:13
Romans 7:15 For I do things that I do not understand. For I do not do the good that I want to do. But the evil that I hate is what I do.Romans 7:15
Romans 7:16 So, when I do what I do not want to do, I am in agreement with the law, that the law is good.Romans 7:16
Romans 7:19 For I do not do the good that I want to do. But instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do.Romans 7:19
Romans 11:25 For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery (lest you seem wise only to yourselves) that a certain blindness has occurred in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has arrived.Romans 11:25
Romans 16:19 But your obedience has been made known in every place. And so, I rejoice in you. But I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple in what is evil.Romans 16:19
Number of the word / term Want in Romans: 6
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 10:1 For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and they all went across the sea.1 Corinthians 10:1
1 Corinthians 10:20 But the things that the Gentiles immolate, they immolate to demons, and not to God. And I do not want you to become partakers with demons.1 Corinthians 10:20
1 Corinthians 11:3 So I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ. But the head of woman is man. Yet truly, the head of Christ is God.1 Corinthians 11:3
1 Corinthians 12:1 Now concerning spiritual things, I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers.1 Corinthians 12:1
1 Corinthians 14:5 Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but more so to prophesy. For he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues, unless perhaps he interprets, so that the Church may receive edification.1 Corinthians 14:5
1 Corinthians 14:35 And if they want to learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church.1 Corinthians 14:35
Number of the word / term Want in 1 Corinthians: 6
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 1:8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our tribulation, which happened to us in Asia. For we were weighed down beyond measure, beyond our strength, so that we became weary, even of life itself.2 Corinthians 1:8
2 Corinthians 5:4 Then too, we who are in this tabernacle groan under the burden, because we do not want to be stripped, but rather to be clothed from above, so that what is mortal may be absorbed by life.2 Corinthians 5:4
2 Corinthians 12:20 Yet I fear, lest perhaps, when I have arrived, I might not find you such as I would want, and I might be found by you, such as you would not want. For perhaps there may be among you: contention, envy, animosity, dissension, detraction, whispering, self-exaltation, and rebellion.2 Corinthians 12:20
Number of the word / term Want in 2 Corinthians: 3
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 1:7 For there is no other, except that there are some persons who disturb you and who want to overturn the Gospel of Christ.Galatians 1:7
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 6:13 And yet, neither do they themselves, who are circumcised, keep the law. Instead, they want you to be circumcised, so that they may glory in your flesh.Galatians 6:13
Number of the word / term Want in Galatians: 3
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Philippians
Philippians 1:12 Now, brothers, I want you to know that the things concerning me happened for the advancement of the Gospel,Philippians 1:12
Number of the word / term Want in Philippians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Colossians
Colossians 2:1 For I want you to know the kind of solicitude that I have for you, and for those who are at Laodicea, as well as for those who have not seen my face in the flesh.Colossians 2:1
Number of the word / term Want in Colossians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book 1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 4:13 And we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are sleeping, so as not to be sorrowful, like these others who do not have hope.1 Thessalonians 4:13
Number of the word / term Want in 1 Thessalonians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book 1 Timothy
1 Timothy 2:8 Therefore, I want men to pray in every place, lifting up pure hands, without anger or dissension.1 Timothy 2:8
1 Timothy 5:11 But avoid the younger widows. For once they have flourished in Christ, they will want to marry,1 Timothy 5:11
1 Timothy 5:14 Therefore, I want the younger women to marry, to procreate children, to be mothers of families, to provide no ready opportunity for the adversary to speak evil.1 Timothy 5:14
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
Number of the word / term Want in 1 Timothy: 4
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Titus
Titus 3:8 This is a faithful saying. And I want you to confirm these things, so that those who believe in God may take care to excel in good works. These things are good and useful to men.Titus 3:8
Number of the word / term Want in Titus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 10:5 For this reason, as Christ enters into the world, he says: “Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have fashioned a body for me.Hebrews 10:5
Hebrews 10:8 In the above, by saying, “Sacrifices, and oblations, and holocausts for sin, you did not want, nor are those things pleasing to you, which are offered according to the law;Hebrews 10:8
Number of the word / term Want in Hebrews: 2
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Jude
Jude 1:5 So I want to caution you. Those who once knew everything that Jesus did, in saving the people from the land of Egypt, afterwards perished because they did not believe.Jude 1:5
Number of the word / term Want in Jude: 1
Bible passages with ‘Want’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 11:5 And if anyone will want to harm them, fire shall go forth from their mouths, and it shall devour their enemies. And if anyone will want to wound them, so must he be slain.Revelation 11:5
Number of the word / term ‘Want’ in Revelation: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 96
