Desire To Be

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy Desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

• Idolatry
• Abomination

The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not Desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.

• Covenant

Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my Desire, although he make it not to grow.

My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my Desire, in giving food for my household.

• Nehemiah
• Blessing

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who Desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

• Prayer

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that Desire my hurt. Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst Desire are not to be compared unto her.

be not thou envious against evil men, neither Desire to be with them.

Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and Desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man Desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

Brethren, my heart's Desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.

For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement Desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

For though I would Desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.

• Wisdom

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye Desire again to be in bondage?

I Desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.

Tell me, ye that Desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

• Diplomacy

As many as Desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a Desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to Desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

• Heaven

But now they Desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.