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Want to know what the Bible says about Desire? Here are 104 Bible verses about Desire from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Proverbs 4:27 NIV
Do not turn to the right or the left;
    keep your foot from evil.
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Psalm 37:7 NIV
Be still before the Lord
    and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when people succeed in their ways,
    when they carry out their wicked schemes.
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Psalm 40:8 NIV
I desire to do your will, my God;
    your law is within my heart.”
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Lamentations 3:26 NIV
it is good to wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.
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Psalm 34:10 NIV
The lions may grow weak and hungry,
    but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
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1 Peter 2:2 NIV
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
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Song of Solomon 7:10 NIV
I belong to my beloved,
    and his desire is for me.
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Matthew 16:23 NIV
Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
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Romans 10:1 NIV
Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved.
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Psalm 118:17 NIV
I will not die but live,
    and will proclaim what the Lord has done.
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