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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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Psalm 25:15 NIV
My eyes are ever on the Lord,
    for only he will release my feet from the snare.
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Isaiah 8:17 NIV
I will wait for the Lord,
    who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.
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Ecclesiastes 6:10-12 NIV
10 Whatever exists has already been named,
    and what humanity is has been known;
no one can contend
    with someone who is stronger.
11 The more the words,
    the less the meaning,
    and how does that profit anyone?
12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days they pass through like a shadow? Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?
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John 9:31 NIV
We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.
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Romans 8:25 NIV
But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
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Psalm 9:1 NIV
I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
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Song of Solomon 6:12 NIV
Before I realized it,
    my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people.
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2 Kings 2:19-21 NIV
19 The people of the city said to Elisha, “Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive.”
20 “Bring me a new bowl,” he said, “and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.
21 Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.’”
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Deuteronomy 4:29 NIV
But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Psalm 17:1 NIV
Hear me, Lord, my plea is just;
    listen to my cry.
Hear my prayer—
    it does not rise from deceitful lips.
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