Popular Bible Verses about Desire - Page 17

Found 227 Verses (from 161)

Isaiah 26:8

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Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts. NIV

Yes, in the path of Your judgments, O Lord, we wait [expectantly] for You; our heartfelt desire is for Your name and for the remembrance of You. AMP

Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. KJV

Proverbs 31:4

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It is not for kings, Lemuel – it is not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer NIV

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to desire strong drink, [Eccl. 10:17; Hos. 4:11.] AMP

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: KJV

1 Corinthians 14:39

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Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. NIV

So [to conclude], my brethren, earnestly desire and set your hearts on prophesying (on being inspired to preach and teach and to interpret God's will and purpose), and do not forbid or hinder speaking in [unknown] tongues. AMP

Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. KJV

Jeremiah 22:27

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"You will never come back to the land you long to return to." NIV

But to the land to which they will yearn to return, there they will not return. AMP

But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return. KJV

2 Samuel 23:5

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"If my house were not right with God, surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part; surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire." NIV

Truly does not my house stand so with God? For He has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure. For will He not cause to prosper all my help and my desire? AMP

Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. KJV

Song of Solomon 6:12

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Before I realized it, my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people. NIV

Before I was aware [of what was happening], my desire [to roam about] had brought me into the area of the princes of my people [the king's retinue]. AMP

Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. KJV

Proverbs 13:2

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From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things, but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence. NIV

A good man eats good from the fruit of his mouth, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence. AMP

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. KJV

2 Chronicles 15:12

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They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul. NIV

And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and to yearn for Him with all their heart's desire and with all their soul AMP

And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; KJV

Proverbs 23:2

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And put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony. NIV

For you will put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to desire. AMP

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. KJV

1 Kings 2:20

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"I have one small request to make of you," she said. "Do not refuse me." The king replied, "Make it, my mother; I will not refuse you." NIV

Then she said, I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me. The king said to her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not refuse you. AMP

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay. KJV