Quotes About Desire

He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.

Yet they say to God: ëLeave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

If my heart has been enticed by my neighborís wife, or I have lurked at his door,

so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?

You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,

You have granted his heartís desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.

Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?

O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.

Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.

They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.

Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,

So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.