Bible Verses about
Desires

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

He coveteth greedily all the day long: But the righteous giveth and spareth not.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit Is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Can one go upon hot coals, And his feet not be burned?

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

I made a covenant with mine eyes; Why then should I think upon a maid?

And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

Yea, 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.

So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof .

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it .

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.