Bible Verses About Desires
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for desires, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 561 votes, led by Psalms 37:4-5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Desires
Psalms 37:4-5105 votes
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Matthew 6:3359 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Proverbs 10:2454 votes
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Romans 13:13-1449 votes
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
1 Corinthians 6:1836 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
James 4:1-336 votes
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Psalms 20:433 votes
Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
Ephesians 4:22-2426 votes
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Romans 1:24-2725 votes
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
James 1:14-1523 votes
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Isaiah 55:8-919 votes
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
Psalms 145:1918 votes
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Matthew 5:2818 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Psalms 145:1616 votes
Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-512 votes
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
John 13:1511 votes
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
2 Corinthians 5:1711 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Ecclesiastes 1:1-1810 votes
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
What does the Bible say about desires?
Readers most often cite Psalms 37:4-5 on the subject of desires. Across 561 votes, 18 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 6:33, Proverbs 10:24, Romans 13:13-14. This page lists all 18 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.