Then David the king got up and said, Give ear to me, my brothers and my people; it was my desire to put up a house, a resting-place for the ark of the Lord's agreement, and for the foot-rest of our God; and I had got material ready for the building of it.
And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.
But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:
Then give ear from heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and may see that this house which I have made is truly named by your name.
And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what she had taken to the king. So she went back to her country with her servants.
And he came face to face with Asa and said to him, Give ear to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with him; if your heart's desire is for him, he will be near you, but if you give him up, he will give you up.
And all Judah was glad because of the oath, for they had taken it with all their heart, turning to the Lord with all their desire; and he was with them and gave them rest on every side.
Now after this Joash had a desire to put the house of the Lord into good order again;
And by the desire of all the people, the feast went on for another seven days, and they kept the seven days with joy.
And now it is my order that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and Levites in my kingdom, who are ready and have a desire to go to Jerusalem, are to go with you.
Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.
And in this way the girl went in to the king; whatever she had a desire for was given to her to take with her from the women's house into the house of the king.
Then the king said, What is your desire, Queen Esther, and what is your request? I will give it to you, even to the half of my kingdom.
So the Jews overcame all their attackers with the sword and with death and destruction, and did to their haters whatever they had a desire to do.
To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;
My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food.
If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!
I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.
I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.
But I would have talk with the ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.
At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.
Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire?
Whom I will see on my side, and not as one strange to me. My heart is broken with desire.
He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.
God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.
Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.
But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.
And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;
If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;
If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.
How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?
More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.
May he give you your heart's desire, and put all your purposes into effect.
You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)
He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.
One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.
What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?
So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.
Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you.
Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.
You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.
<To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.> Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.
So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing how beautiful you are; because he is your lord, give him honour.
Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words.
Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
You have no desire for an offering or I would give it; you have no delight in burned offerings.
They were in great fear, where there was no cause for fear: for the bones of those who make war on you have been broken by God; you have put them to shame, because God has no desire for them.
He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.
The God of my mercy will go before me: God will let me see my desire effected on my haters.
<A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.> O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.
Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the hill desired by God as his resting-place? truly, God will make it his house for ever.
Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.
Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth.
Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.
So they had food and were full; for he gave them their desire;
But they were not turned from their desires; and while the food was still in their mouths,
So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.
The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.
They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.
So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires.
He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.
Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire.
The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.
The Lord is my great helper: I will see my desire against my haters.
My soul is broken with desire for your decisions at all times.
Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.
See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.
<CAPH> My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.
I am yours, O be my saviour; for my desire has been for your rules.
My eyes are wasted with desire for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
My mouth was open wide, waiting with great desire for your teachings.
All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.
This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.
O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)
By the opening of your hand, every living thing has its desire in full measure.
To his worshippers, he will give their desire; their cry comes to his ears, and he gives them salvation.
They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.
She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.
Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.
For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.
My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver.
The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.
The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.
The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.
A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.
The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.
To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.
The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.
He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.
The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.
Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.
By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.
The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.
The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.
All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.
A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.
And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.
Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.
Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:
So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.
A king, by right rule, makes the land safe; but one full of desires makes it a waste.
The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.
I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.
And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.
And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.
Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.
To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.
There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.
All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.
And he is in fear of that which is high, and danger is in the road, and the tree is white with flower, and the least thing is a weight, and desire is at an end, because man goes to his last resting-place, and those who are sorrowing are in the streets;
The watchmen who go about the town came by me; to them I said, Have you seen him who is my heart's desire?
I am for my loved one, and his desire is for me.
For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.
My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.
We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.
In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.
And it will be like a man desiring food, and dreaming that he is feasting; but when he is awake there is nothing in his mouth: or like a man in need of water, dreaming that he is drinking; but when he is awake he is feeble and his soul is full of desire: so will all the nations be which make war on Mount Zion.
I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.
Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame.
As peoples were surprised at him, And his face was not beautiful, so as to be desired: his face was so changed by disease as to be unlike that of a man, and his form was no longer that of the sons of men.
We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.
You who are burning with evil desire among the oaks, under every green tree; putting children to death in the valleys, under the cracks of the rocks?
And on the back of the doors and on the pillars you have put your sign: for you have been false to me with another; you have made your bed wide, and made an agreement with them; you had a desire for their bed where you saw it
And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:
And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.
Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers gave praise to you, is burned with fire; and all the things of our desire have come to destruction.
He who puts an ox to death puts a man to death; he who makes an offering of a lamb puts a dog to death; he who makes a meal offering makes an offering of pig's blood; he who makes an offering of perfumes for a sign gives worship to an image: as they have gone after their desires, and their soul takes pleasure in their disgusting things;
An untrained ass, used to the waste land, breathing up the wind in her desire; at her time, who is able to send her away? all those who are looking for her will have no need to make themselves tired; in her month they will get her.
But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.
Come back, you children who have been turned away, and I will take away your desire for wandering. See, we have come to you, for you are the Lord our God.
And you, when you are made waste, what will you do? Though you are clothed in red, though you make yourself beautiful with ornaments of gold, though you make your eyes wide with paint, it is for nothing that you make yourself fair; your lovers have no more desire for you, they have designs on your life.
Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.
I will go to the great men and have talk with them; for they have knowledge of the way of the Lord and of the behaviour desired by their God. But as for these, their one purpose is a broken yoke and burst bands.
They were full of desire, like horses after a meal of grain: everyone went after his neighbour's wife.
And death will be desired more than life by the rest of this evil family who are still living in all the places where I have sent them away, says the Lord of armies.
I have seen your disgusting acts, even your false behaviour and your cries of desire and your loose ways on the hills in the field. Unhappy are you, O Jerusalem, you have no desire to be made clean; how long will you be in turning back to me?
Then the Lord said to me, Even if Moses and Samuel came before me, I would have no desire for this people: send them away from before me, and let them go.
But to the land on which their soul's desire is fixed, they will never come back.
I will give the priests their desired fat things, and my people will have a full measure of my good things, says the Lord.
But if you say, We have no desire to go on living in this land; and do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God,
And as for you, are you looking for great things for yourself? Have no desire for them: for truly I will send evil on all flesh, says the Lord: but your life I will keep safe from attack wherever you go.
But that day is the day of the Lord, the Lord of armies, a day of punishment when he will take payment from his haters: and the sword will have all its desire, drinking their blood in full measure: for there is an offering to the Lord, the Lord of armies, in the north country by the river Euphrates.
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