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Bible verses about Desire
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12I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
16O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
19In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
4Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
17I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
20My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
116Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
122Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
133Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
149Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
156Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
1Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
5I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
17And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
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