Topic
Wanting
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Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not. — read the full passage →
Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.
But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →
Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Grant thee thy heart’s desire, And fulfil all thy counsel.
Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. [Selah
And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: — read the full passage →
And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content. — read the full passage →
And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: — read the full passage →
Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.
The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor. — read the full passage →
For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.
But godliness with contentment is great gain: — read the full passage →
and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
For no word from God shall be void of power.
Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.
Thou openest thy hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.
And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →
And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work:
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.
In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →
Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you.
Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment? — read the full passage →
but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.
Brethren, my heart’s desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved.
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. — read the full passage →
There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not.
And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land. — read the full passage →
But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
We love, because he first loved us.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →
casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition. — read the full passage →
But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not. — read the full passage →
And there come near unto him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying unto him, Teacher, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall ask of thee. — read the full passage →
And he said unto her, What wouldest thou? She saith unto him, Command that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left hand, in thy kingdom.
The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Oh fear Jehovah, ye his saints; For there is no want to them that fear him. — read the full passage →
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.
And all thy children shall be taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.
but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. — read the full passage →
Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; — read the full passage →
Pridegoethbefore destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.
And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.