Haller's Concordance: DESIRE
- Suppose thou didst desire to go to thy friends, and hadst a longing after thy father's house: why hast thou stolen away my gods? Gen. 31:30
- They said: Sir, we desire thee to hear us. We came down once before to buy food: Gen. 43:20
- The blessings of thy father are strengthened with the blessings of his fathers: until the desire of the everlasting hills should come: may they be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren. Gen. 49:26
- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; neither shalt thou desire his wife, nor his servant, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his. Ex. 20:17
- For a mixt multitude of people, that came up with them, burned with desire, sitting and weeping, the children of Israel also being joined with them, and said: Who shall give us flesh to eat? Num. 11:4
- Neither would he condescend to their desire to grant them passage through his borders. Wherefore Israel turned another way from him. Num. 20:21
- And all the land be brought under him, then shall you be blameless before the Lord and before Israel, and you shall obtain the countries that you desire, before the Lord. Num. 32:22
- And he said to them: I desire one request of you: Give me the earlets of your spoils. For the Ismaelites were accustomed to wear golden earlets. Judg. 8:24
- And she said to her father: Grant me only this, which I desire: Let me go, that I may go about the mountains for two months, and may bewail my virginity with my companions. Judg. 11:37
- She answered: Be not against me, to desire that I should leave thee and depart: for whithersoever thou shalt go, I will go: and where thou shalt dwell, I also will dwell. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Ruth 1:16
- And Samuel said: Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims, and not rather that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifices: and to hearken rather than to offer the fat of rams. 1 Ki. 15:22
- And the Gabaonites said to him: We have no contest about silver and gold, but against Saul and against his house: neither do we desire that any man be slain of Israel. And the king said to them: What will you then that I should do for you? 2 Ki. 21:4
- And she said to him: I desire one small petition of thee; do not put me to confusion. And the king said to her: My mother ask, for I must not turn away thy face. 3 Ki. 2:20
- And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying: I have heard all thou hast desired of me; and I will do all thy desire concerning cedar trees, and fir trees. 3 Ki. 5:8
- So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees, and fir trees, according to all his desire. 3 Ki. 5:10
- There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: therefore I have sent thee presents of silver and gold: and I desire thee to come, and break thy league with Baasa, king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 3 Ki. 15:19
- And he agreed to his desire: for the king of the Assyrians went up against Damascus, and laid it waste: and he carried away the inhabitants thereof to Cyrene; but Rasin he slew. 4 Ki. 16:9
- And Ezechias said: It is an easy matter for the shadow to go forward ten lines: and I do not desire that this be done, but let it return back ten degrees. 4 Ki. 20:10
- He sent Adoram his son to king David to desire peace of him, and to congratulate him that he had defeated and overthrown Adarezer: for Thou was an enemy to Adarezer. 1 Par. 18:10
- And David said to Solomon: My son, it was my desire to have built a house to the name of the Lord my God. 1 Par. 22:7
- For the house which I desire to build, is great: for our God is great above all gods. 2 Par. 2:5
- To provide me timber in abundance. For the house which I desire to build, is to be exceeding great, and glorious. 2 Par. 2:9
- Let the fear of the Lord be with you, and do all things with diligence: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor desire of gifts. 2 Par. 19:7
- I beseech thee, O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thy name: and direct thy servant this day, and give him mercy before this man. For I was the king's cupbearer. 2 Esd. 1:11
- Bless God at all times: and desire of him to direct thy ways, and that all thy counsels may abide in him. Tob. 4:20
- However, I beseech thee, to take with thee beasts and servants, and to go to Gabelus to Rages the city of the Medes: and to restore to him his note of hand, and receive of him the money, and desire him to come to my wedding. Tob. 9:3
- But I beseech thee, my father, to desire him, that he would vouchsafe to accept of one half of all things that have been brought. Tob. 12:4
- So the father and the son calling him, took him aside: and began to desire him that he would vouchsafe to accept of half of all things that they had brought, Tob. 12:5
- But I desire that you search not into what I am doing, and till I bring you word let nothing else be done but to pray for me to the Lord our God. Jud. 8:33
- And the heart of Holofernes was smitten, for he was burning with the desire of her. Jud. 12:16
- Thou knowest all things, and thou knowest that it was not out of pride and contempt or any desire of glory, that I refused to worship the proud Aman, Esther 13:12
- And the king said to her, after he had drunk wine plentifully: What dost thou desire should be given thee? and for what thing askest thou? although thou shouldst ask the half of my kingdom, thou shalt have it. Esther 5:6
- But yet I will speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. Job 13:3
- Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. Job 21:14
- Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have trodden? Job 22:15
- I am brought to nothing: as a wind thou hast taken away my desire: and my prosperity hath passed away like a cloud. Job 30:15
- Who would grant me a hearing, that the Almighty may hear my desire: and that he himself that judgeth would write a book, Job 31:35
- The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart. Ps. 10:17
- Thou hast given him his heart's desire: and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips. Ps. 21:2
- Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hidden from thee. Ps. 38:9
- Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou hast pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not require: Ps. 40:6
- Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek after my soul to take it away. Let them be turned backward and be ashamed that desire evils to me. Ps. 40:14
- And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore. Ps. 45:11
- Let them be turned backward, and blush for shame that desire evils to me: Let them be presently turned away blushing for shame that say to me: 'Tis well, 'tis well. Ps. 70:3
- For what have I in heaven? and besides thee what do I desire upon earth? Ps. 73:25
- So they did eat, and were filled exceedingly, and he gave them their desire: Ps. 78:29
- Who satisfieth thy desire with good things: thy youth shall be renewed like the eagle's. Ps. 103:5
- And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water. Ps. 106:14
- The wicked shall see, and shall be angry, he shall gnash with his teeth and pine away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. Ps. 112:10
- Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate. Ps. 127:5
- Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph. Ps. 140:8
- That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: to the just their desire shall be given. Pr. 10:24
- The desire of the just is all good, the expectation of the wicked is indignation. Pr. 11:23
- The desire of the wicked is the fortification of evil men: but the root of the just shall prosper. Pr. 12:12
- Hope that is deferred afflicteth the soul: desire when it cometh, is a tree of life. Pr. 13:12
- The desire that is accomplished, delighteth the soul: fools hate them that flee from evil things. Pr. 13:19
- Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats: Pr. 23:6
- Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them: Pr. 24:1
- Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit. Eccl. 6:9
- When it is present, they imitate it: and they desire it, when it hath withdrawn itself, and it triumpheth crowned for ever, winning the reward of undefiled conflicts. Wis. 4:2
- For the beginning of her is the most true desire of discipline. Wis. 6:18
- Therefore the desire of wisdom bringeth to the everlasting kingdom. Wis. 6:21
- And if a man desire much knowledge: she knoweth things past, and judgeth of things to come: she knoweth the subtilties of speeches, and the solutions of arguments: she knoweth signs and wonders before they be done, and the events of times and ages. Wis. 8:8
- For this the desire of gain devised, and the workman built it by his skill. Wis. 14:2
- Instead of which punishment, dealing well with thy people, thou gavest them their desire of delicious food, of a new taste, preparing for them quails for their meat: Wis. 16:2
- To the end, that they indeed desiring food, by means of those things that were shewn and sent among them, might loath even that which was necessary to satisfy their desire. But these, after suffering want for a short time, tasted a new meat. Wis. 16:3
- For to satisfy their desire, the quail came up to them from the sea: and punishments came upon the sinners, not without foregoing signs by the force of thunders: for they suffered justly according to their own wickedness. Wis. 19:12
- Son, if thou desire wisdom, keep justice, and God will give her to thee. Sir. 1:33
- The heart of the wise is understood in wisdom, and a good ear will hear wisdom with all desire. Sir. 3:31
- Let thy thoughts be upon the precepts of God, and meditate continually on his commandments: and he will give thee a heart, and the desire of wisdom shall be given to thee. Sir. 6:37
- Justify not thyself before God, for he knoweth the heart: and desire not to appear wise before the king. Sir. 7:5
- Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits. Sir. 24:26
- Look not upon a woman's beauty, and desire not a woman for beauty. Sir. 25:28
- To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats. Isa. 1:11
- Behold I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not seek silver, nor desire gold: Isa. 13:17
- And in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, we have patiently waited for thee: thy name, and thy remembrance are the desire of the soul. Isa. 26:8
- For they seek me from day to day, and desire to know my ways, as a nation that hath done justice, and hath not forsaken the judgment of their God: they ask of me the judgments of justice: they are willing to approach to God. Isa. 58:2
- A wild ass accustomed to the wilderness in the desire of his heart, snuffed up the wind of his love: none shall turn her away: all that seek her shall not fail: in her monthly filth they shall find her. Jer. 2:24
- Now therefore know certainly that you shall die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence in the place to which you desire to go to dwell there. Jer. 42:22
- And there shall be none that shall escape, and remain of the remnant of the Jews that are gone to sojourn in the land of Egypt: and that shall return into the land of Juda, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: there shall none return but they that shall flee. Jer. 44:14
- For I desire not the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God, return ye and live. Ezec. 18:32
- Son of man, behold I take from thee the desire of thy eyes with a stroke, and thou shall not lament, nor weep; neither shall thy tears run down. Ezec. 24:16
- Speak to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will profane my sanctuary, the glory of your realm, and the thing that your eyes desire, and for which your soul feareth: your sons, and your daughters, whom you have left, shall fall by the sword. Ezec. 24:21
- And thou, O son of man, behold in the day wherein I will take away from them their strength, and the joy of their glory, and the desire of their eyes, upon which their souls rest, their sons and their daughters. Ezec. 24:25
- Say to them: As I live, saith the Lord God, I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way, and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways: and why will you die, O house of Israel? Ezec. 33:11
- According to my desire, I will chastise them: and the nations shall be gathered together against them, when they shall be chastised for their two iniquities. Osee 10:10
- Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. Amso 5:18
- The evil of their hands they call good: the prince requireth, and the judge is for giving: and the great man hath uttered the desire of his soul, and they have troubled it. Mic. 7:3
- And as wine deceiveth him that drinketh it: so shall the proud man be, and he shall not be honoured: who hath enlarged his desire like hell: and is himself like death, and he is never satisfied: but will gather together unto him all nations, and heap together unto him all people. Hab. 2:5
- ¤ Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold, he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts. Mal. 3:1
- And Jonathan sent his brother, a captain of the people, to desire the Nabutheans his friends, that they would lend them their equipage, which was copious. 1 Ma. 9:35
- For considering the multitude of books, and the difficulty that they find that desire to undertake the narrations of histories, because of the multitude of the matter, 2 Ma. 2:25
- If you are well, you are as we desire: we ourselves also are well. 2 Ma. 11:28
- And sitting down, he called the twelve and saith to them: If any man desire to be first, he shall be the last of all and be minister of all. Mk. 9:35
- And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him, saying: Master, we desire that whatsoever we shall ask, thou wouldst do it for us. Mk. 10:35
- And when the multitude was come up, they began to desire that he would do as he had ever done unto them. Mk. 15:8
- And he said to his disciples: The days will come when you shall desire to see one day of the Son of man. And you shall not see it. Lk. 17:22
- Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes and love salutations in the market place and the first chairs in the synagogues and the chief rooms at feasts: Lk. 20:46
- And he said to them: With desire I have desired to eat this pasch with you, before I suffer. Lk. 22:15
- And he said: The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldst bring forth Paul to-morrow into the council, as if they meant to inquire some thing more certain touching him. Acts 23:20
- But that I be no further tedious to thee, I desire thee of thy clemency to hear us in a few words. Acts 24:4
- But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that it is every where contradicted. Acts 28:22
- But now, having no more place in these countries and having a great desire these many years past to come unto you, Rom. 15:23
- And not by his coming only, but also by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, relating to us your desire, your mourning, your zeal for me: so that I rejoiced the more. 2 Cor. 7:7
- For behold this selfsame thing, that you were made sorrowful according to God, how great carefulness it worketh in you: yea defence, yea indignation, yea fear, yea desire, yea zeal, yea revenge. In all things you have shewed yourselves to be undefiled in the matter. 2 Cor. 7:11
- Therefore I thought it necessary to desire the brethren that they would go to you before and prepare this blessing before promised, to be ready, so as a blessing, not as covetousness. 2 Cor. 9:5
- But what I do, that I will do: that I may cut off the occasion from them that desire occasion: that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. 2 Cor. 11:12
- But now, after that you have known God, or rather are known by God: how turn you again to the weak and needy elements which you desire to serve again? Gal. 4:9
- Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, have you not read the law? Gal. 4:21
- For as many as desire to please in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer the persecution of the cross of Christ. Gal. 6:12
- Now to him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us: Eph. 3:20
- To put off, according to former conversation, the old man, who is corrupted according to the desire of error. Eph. 4:22
- Now, brethren, I desire you should know that the things which have happened to me have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel: Phil. 1:12
- But I am straitened between two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, a thing by far the better. Phil. 1:23
- But we, brethren, being taken away from you for a short time, in sight, not in heart, have hastened the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. 1 Th. 2:17
- ¤ I desire therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all men: 1 Tim. 2:1
- ¤ A faithful saying: If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 1 Tim. 3:1
- For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows. 1 Tim. 6:10
- And we desire that every one of you shew forth the same carefulness to the accomplishing of hope unto the end: Heb. 6:11
- But now they desire a better, that is to say, a heavenly country. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. Heb. 11:16
- To whom it was revealed that, not to themselves but to you, they ministered those things which are now declared to you by them that have preached the gospel to you: the Holy Ghost being sent down from heaven, on whom the angels desire to look. 1 Pet. 1:12
- As newborn babes, desire the rational milk without guile, that thereby you may grow unto salvation: 1 Pet. 2:2
- And in those days, men shall seek death and shall not find it. And they shall desire to die: and death shall fly from them. Apoc. 9:6
- And the fruits of the desire of thy soul are departed from thee: and all fat and goodly things are perished from thee. And they shall find them no more at all. Apoc. 18:14
- And now this is that which I aske Lord, & which I desire, this is the maiestie which I desire of thee, that thou performe the vowe which thou hast vowed to the king of heauen by thy mouth. 3 Esd. 4:46
- And the king gaue him glorie, because he had found grace in al dignitie and desire in his sight. 3 Esd. 8:4
- If anie therfore desire to goe with thee, let them come together, and set forward as it hath pleased me, and my seuen freindes my counselers: 3 Esd. 8:12
- The number of thy children, which thou didst wish is ful. Desire the powre of our Lord that thy people may be sanctified, which was called from the beginning. 4 Esd. 2:41
- and of al multiplied peoples, thou host purchased thee one people: and a law approued of al thou hast geuen to this people, whom thou didst desire. 4 Esd. 5:27
- For a man shal desire to go into the citie & can not. 4 Esd. 15:17
- For a man shal desire to see a man, or to heare his voyce. 4 Esd. 16:28