Desire
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Desire’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
Showing 49–72 of 77 verses grouped under this topic.
Nave's Topical Bible
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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Psalms 123:2 OT
Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.
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Psalms 130:5 OT
I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
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Psalms 130:6 OT
My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
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Psalms 143:5 OT
I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.
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Psalms 143:6 OT
I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land.
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yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding; if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures: then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.
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I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
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Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
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Isaiah 8:17 OT
I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
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Isaiah 8:19 OT
When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
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Isaiah 26:8 OT
Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
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Isaiah 26:9 OT
With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
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Isaiah 40:31 OT
but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
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Isaiah 55:1 OT
“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
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Isaiah 55:2 OT
Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
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Isaiah 55:6 OT
Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
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You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
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Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
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It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
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Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
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Hosea 10:12 OT
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
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Habakkuk 3:2 OT
Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.
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Matthew 5:6 NT
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
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Luke 6:21 NT
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.