'Desire' in the Bible
They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.
because wisdom is better than precious gems and nothing you desire can compare to it."
Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
The wicked desire what evil men have,but the root of the righteous produces fruit.
From the fruit of a man’s mouth he enjoys good,But the desire of the treacherous is violence.
The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.
He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.
The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,And he who hurries with his feet [acting impulsively and proceeding without caution or analyzing the consequences] sins (misses the mark).
Discipline your son while there is hope,And do not desire his death.
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Streams of water [are] the heart of a king in the hand of Yahweh; {wherever} he will desire, he will turn.
By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.
The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.
For you will put a knife to your throatIf you are a man of great appetite.
don’t desire his choice food,for that food is deceptive.
Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.
It is not for kings, Lemuel,it is not for kings to drink wineor for rulers to desire beer.
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