Jeremiah 50:19

And I will make Israel come back to his resting-place, and he will get his food on Carmel and Bashan, and have his desire in full measure on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.

Lamentations 1:7

Jerusalem keeps in mind, in the days of her sorrow and of her wanderings, all the desired things which were hers in days gone by; when her people came into the power of her hater and she had no helper, her attackers saw their desire effected on her and made sport of her destruction.

Lamentations 1:10

The hand of her hater is stretched out over all her desired things; for she has seen that the nations have come into her holy place, about whom you gave orders that they were not to come into the meeting of your people.

Lamentations 1:11

Breathing out grief all her people are looking for bread; they have given their desired things for food to give them life: see, O Lord, and take note; for she has become a thing of shame.

Ezekiel 7:19

They will put out their silver into the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the wrath of the Lord; they will not get their desire or have food for their need: because it has been the cause of their falling into sin.

Ezekiel 16:27

Now, then, my hand is stretched out against you, cutting down your fixed amount, and I have given you up to the desire of your haters, the daughters of the philistines who are shamed by your loose ways.

Ezekiel 16:28

And you went with the Assyrians, because of your desire which was without measure; you were acting like a loose woman with them, and still you had not enough.



Ezekiel 23:5

And Oholah was untrue to me when she was mine; she was full of desire for her lovers, even for the Assyrians, her neighbours,

Ezekiel 23:6

Who were clothed in blue, captains and rulers, all of them young men to be desired, horsemen seated on horses.

Ezekiel 23:7

And she gave her unclean love to them, all of them the noblest men of Assyria: and she made herself unclean with the images of all who were desired by her.

Ezekiel 23:8

And she has not given up her loose ways from the time when she was in Egypt; for when she was young they were her lovers, and by them her young breasts were crushed, and they let loose on her their unclean desire.

Ezekiel 23:9

For this cause I gave her up into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians on whom her desire was fixed.

Ezekiel 23:11

And her sister Oholibah saw this, but her desire was even more unmeasured, and her loose behaviour was worse than that of her sister.

Ezekiel 23:12

She was full of desire for the Assyrians, captains and rulers, her neighbours, clothed in blue, horsemen going on horses, all of them young men to be desired.



Ezekiel 23:16

And when she saw them she was full of desire for them, and sent servants to them in Chaldaea.

Ezekiel 23:17

And the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, and made her unclean with their loose desire, and she became unclean with them, and her soul was turned from them.

Ezekiel 23:20

And she was full of desire for her lovers, whose flesh is like the flesh of asses and whose seed is like the seed of horses.

Ezekiel 23:23

The Babylonians and all the Chaldaeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: young men to be desired, captains and rulers all of them, and chiefs, her neighbours, all of them on horseback.

Ezekiel 24:16

Son of man, see, I am taking away the desire of your eyes by disease: but let there be no sorrow or weeping or drops running from your eyes.

Ezekiel 24:21

Say to the people of Israel, The Lord has said, See, I will make my holy place unclean, the pride of your strength, the pleasure of your eyes, and the desire of your soul; and your sons and daughters, who did not come with you here, will be put to the sword.

Ezekiel 24:25

And as for you, son of man, your mouth will be shut in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that on which their hearts are fixed, and their sons and daughters.



Ezekiel 26:12

They will take by force all your wealth and go off with the goods with which you do trade: they will have your walls broken down and all the houses of your desire given up to destruction: they will put your stones and your wood and your dust deep in the water.

Daniel 2:3

And the king said to them, I have had a dream, and my spirit is troubled by the desire to have the dream made clear to me.

Daniel 7:19

Then it was my desire to have certain knowledge about the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, a cause of great fear, whose teeth were of iron and his nails of brass; who took his food, crushing some of it to bits and stamping on the rest with his feet;

Daniel 8:15

And it came about that when I, Daniel, had seen this vision, I had a desire for the sense of it to be unfolded; and I saw one before me in the form of a man.

Daniel 11:37

He will have no respect for the gods of his fathers or for the god desired by women; he will have no respect for any god: for he will put himself on high over all.

Daniel 11:38

But in place of this he will give honour to the god of armed places, and to a god of whom his fathers had no knowledge he will give honour with gold and silver and jewels and things to be desired.

Hosea 4:8

The sin of my people is like food to them; and their desire is for their wrongdoing.



Hosea 6:6

Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.

Hosea 7:1

When my desire was for the fate of my people to be changed and to make Israel well, then the sin of Ephraim was made clear, and the evil-doing of Samaria; for their ways are false, and the thief comes into the house, while the band of outlaws takes property by force in the streets.

Hosea 9:1

Have no joy, O Israel, and do not be glad like the nations; for you have been untrue to your God; your desire has been for the loose woman's reward on every grain-floor.

Hosea 9:4

They will give no wine offering to the Lord, they will not make offerings ready for him; their bread will be like the bread of those in sorrow; all who take it will be unclean, because their bread will be only for their desire, it will not come into the house of the Lord.

Hosea 13:15

Though he gives fruit among his brothers, an east wind will come, the wind of the Lord coming up from the waste land, and his spring will become dry, his fountain will be without water: it will make waste the store of all the vessels of his desire.

Joel 1:20

The beasts of the field are turning to you with desire: for the water-streams are dry and fire has put an end to the grass-lands of the waste.

Amos 8:11

See, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send times of great need on the land, not need of food or desire for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.



Micah 2:2

They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.

Micah 6:8

He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.

Micah 7:1

Sorrow is mine! for I am as when they have got in the summer fruits, like the last of the grapes: there is nothing for food, not even an early fig for my desire.

Micah 7:10

And my hater will see it and be covered with shame; she who said to me, Where is the Lord your God? my eyes will see their desire effected on her, now she will be crushed under foot like the dust of the streets.

Nahum 2:9

Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.

Habakkuk 2:5

A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.

Haggai 2:7

And I will make a shaking of all the nations, and the desired things of all nations will come: and I will make this house full of my glory, says the Lord of armies.

Zechariah 7:14

But with a storm-wind I sent them in flight among all the nations of whom they had no knowledge. So the land was waste after them, so that no man went through or came back: for they had made waste the desired land.

Matthew 5:6

Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

Matthew 7:8

Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

Matthew 9:13

But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

Matthew 10:39

He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

Matthew 12:7

But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

Matthew 13:17

For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

Matthew 15:28

Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.

Matthew 16:25

Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.

Matthew 19:17

And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.

Matthew 19:21

Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.

Matthew 20:21

And he said to her, What is your desire? She says to him, Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.

Matthew 20:26

Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;

Matthew 20:27

And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:

Matthew 21:18

Now in the morning when he was coming back to the town, he had a desire for food.

Matthew 21:46

And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.

Matthew 23:6

And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues,

Matthew 23:25

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.

Mark 4:19

And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.

Mark 5:18

And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him.

Mark 6:23

And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom.

Mark 6:25

And she came in quickly to the king, and said, My desire is that you give me straight away on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

Mark 7:22

The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:

Mark 8:34

And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.

Mark 8:35

Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

Mark 9:30

And they went out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might have knowledge of it;

Mark 9:35

And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.

Mark 10:43

But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:

Mark 10:44

And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all.

Mark 11:23

Truly I say to you, Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and be put into the sea; and has no doubt in his heart, but has faith that what he says will come about, he will have his desire.

Mark 14:7

The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.

Mark 15:9

And Pilate said in answer to them, Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?

Luke 5:39

And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.

Luke 8:38

But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,

Luke 9:9

And herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.

Luke 9:23

And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross every day, and come after me.

Luke 9:24

For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.

Luke 10:24

For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

Luke 11:10

For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

Luke 11:43

A curse is on you, Pharisees! for your desires are for the most important seats in the Synagogues and for words of respect said to you in the market-place.

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

Luke 12:47

And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

Luke 17:22

And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.

Luke 22:15

And he said, I have had a great desire to keep this Passover with you before I come to my death;

Luke 23:8

Now when herod saw Jesus he was very glad, having for a long time had a desire to see him, for he had had accounts of him, and was hoping to see some wonders done by him.

Luke 23:20

And Pilate again said to them that it was his desire to let Jesus go free.

Luke 23:24

And Pilate gave his decision for their desire to be put into effect.

John 1:13

Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.

John 1:43

The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.

John 4:23

But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father.

John 5:6

When Jesus saw him there on the floor it was clear to him that he had been now a long time in that condition, and so he said to the man, Is it your desire to get well?

John 5:18

For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

John 5:30

Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.

John 5:40

And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.

John 5:44

How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?

John 6:44

No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day.

John 6:67

So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away?

John 7:4

Because no man does things secretly if he has a desire that men may have knowledge of him. If you do these things, let yourself be seen by all men.

John 7:19

Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death?

John 7:20

The people said in answer, You have an evil spirit: who has any desire to put you to death?

John 7:25

Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired?

John 7:30

Then they had a desire to take him: but no man put hands on him because his hour was still to come.

John 7:44

And some of them had a desire to take him; but no man put hands on him.

John 8:37

I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire to put me to death because my word has no place in you.

John 8:40

But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that.

John 8:44

You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.

John 9:27

His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples?

John 12:21

They came to Philip, who was of Beth-saida in Galilee, and made a request, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus.

John 16:19

Jesus saw that they had a desire to put the question to him, so he said to them, Is this what you are questioning one with another, why I said, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me?

John 17:24

Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.

John 18:39

But every year you make a request to me to let a prisoner go free at the Passover. Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?

John 19:12

Hearing this, Pilate had a desire to let him go free, but the Jews said in a loud voice, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: everyone who makes himself a king goes against Caesar.

John 21:18

Truly I say to you, When you were young, you made yourself ready and went wherever you had a desire to go: but when you are old, you will put out your hands and another will make you ready, and you will be taken where you have no desire to go.

John 21:22

Jesus said to him, If it is my desire for him to be here till I come back, what is that to you? come yourself after me.

John 21:23

So this saying went about among the brothers that this disciple would not undergo death: Jesus, however, did not say that he would not undergo death, but, If it is my desire for him to be here till I come back, what is that to you?

Acts 7:46

Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.

Acts 9:1

But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

Acts 13:46

Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.

Acts 15:20

But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood.

Acts 15:29

To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.

Acts 15:37

And Barnabas had a desire to take with them John, named Mark.

Acts 16:3

Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.

Acts 17:20

For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.

Acts 18:27

And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

Acts 19:21

Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.

Acts 20:33

I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.

Acts 21:25

But as to the Gentiles who have the faith, we sent a letter, giving our decision that they were to keep themselves from offerings made to false gods, and from blood, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from the evil desires of the body.

Acts 25:22

And Agrippa said to Festus, I have a desire to give the man a hearing myself. Tomorrow, he said, you may give him a hearing.

Acts 28:22

But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.

Romans 1:11

For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

Romans 1:15

For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.

Romans 1:24

For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:

Romans 1:27

And in the same way the men gave up the natural use of the woman and were burning in their desire for one another, men doing shame with men, and getting in their bodies the right reward of their evil-doing.

Romans 1:29

Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;

Romans 2:4

Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?

Romans 2:14

For when the gentiles without the law have a natural desire to do the things in the law, they are a law to themselves;

Romans 2:18

And have knowledge of his desires, and are a judge of the things which are different, having the learning of the law,

Romans 6:12

For this cause do not let sin be ruling in your body which is under the power of death, so that you give way to its desires;

Romans 6:16

Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.

Romans 7:7

What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.

Romans 7:8

But sin, taking its chance through that which was ordered by the law, was working in me every form of desire: because without the law sin is dead.

Romans 8:19

For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.

Romans 8:20

For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope

Romans 8:26

And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;

Romans 9:3

For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:

Romans 9:16

So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.

Romans 10:1

Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.

Romans 10:2

For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.

Romans 11:25

For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the gentiles have come in;

Romans 13:9

And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

Romans 13:14

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.

Romans 15:23

But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

Romans 16:1

It is my desire to say a good word for Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae:

Romans 16:17

Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them.

Romans 16:19

For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of evil.

1-Corinthians 1:31

So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.

1-Corinthians 4:16

So my desire is that you take me as your example.

1-Corinthians 4:21

What is your desire? is my coming to be with punishment, or is it to be in love and a gentle spirit?

1-Corinthians 5:9

In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh;

1-Corinthians 5:10

But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely:

1-Corinthians 5:11

But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.

1-Corinthians 6:9

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

1-Corinthians 6:13

Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

1-Corinthians 6:18

Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

1-Corinthians 7:2

But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

1-Corinthians 7:7

It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.

1-Corinthians 7:9

But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

1-Corinthians 7:12

But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her.

1-Corinthians 7:13

And if a woman has a husband who is not a Christian, and it is his desire to go on living with her, let her not go away from her husband.

1-Corinthians 7:15

But if the one who is not a Christian has a desire to go away, let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position is not forced to do one thing or the other: but it is God's pleasure that we may be at peace with one another.

1-Corinthians 7:32

But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:

1-Corinthians 7:37

But the man who is strong in mind and purpose, who is not forced but has control over his desires, does well if he comes to the decision to keep her a virgin.

1-Corinthians 10:1

For it is my desire, my brothers, that you may keep in mind how all our fathers were under the cloud, and they all went through the sea;

1-Corinthians 10:8

Again, let us not give way to the desires of the flesh, as some of them did, of whom twenty-three thousand came to their end in one day.

1-Corinthians 10:20

What I say is that the things offered by the gentiles are offered to evil spirits and not to God; and it is not my desire for you to have any part with evil spirits.

1-Corinthians 12:3

So it is my desire for you to be clear about this; that no one is able to say by the spirit of God that Jesus is cursed; and no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, but by the holy Spirit.

1-Corinthians 12:31

But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way.

1-Corinthians 14:5

Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.

1-Corinthians 14:35

And if they have a desire for knowledge about anything, let them put questions to their husbands privately: for talking in the church puts shame on a woman.

1-Corinthians 14:39

So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.

1-Corinthians 16:7

For it is not my desire to see you now, on my way; because it is my hope to be with you for some time, if that is the Lord's pleasure.

1-Corinthians 16:12

But as for Apollos, the brother, I had a great desire for him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not his pleasure to come now; but he will come when he has a chance.

2-Corinthians 1:8

For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

2-Corinthians 2:8

For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts.

2-Corinthians 2:9

And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.

2-Corinthians 7:7

And not by his coming only, but by the comfort which he had in you, while he gave us word of your desire, your sorrow, your care for me; so that I was still more glad.


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