Topic

Wanting

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Psalms 37:4

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

James 4:2–3

You lust, and don’t have. You kill, covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask. — read the full passage →

Psalms 23:1

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

2 Timothy 3:1–17

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 13:5

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

Psalms 34:10

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.

Colossians 3:2

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

Philippians 4:6

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Psalms 20:4

May He grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.

Mark 11:24

Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.

Psalms 21:2

You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

1 John 5:14–15

This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. — read the full passage →

Philippians 4:19

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Proverbs 10:3

Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

Philippians 4:11–13

Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. — read the full passage →

Luke 12:15

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

Proverbs 10:24

What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

John 15:7

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

Psalms 23:1–6

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Matthew 7:7–8

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. — read the full passage →

Psalms 38:9

Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.

Proverbs 21:25–26

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. — read the full passage →

Psalms 107:9

For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

1 Timothy 6:6–10

But godliness with contentment is great gain. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 11:6

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Luke 1:37

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

1 Chronicles 16:11

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

Matthew 7:7

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

Psalms 145:19

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

Psalms 145:16

You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

Isaiah 41:10

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Romans 12:3

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Romans 12:2

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Galatians 5:16

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

1 John 3:22

and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Revelation 1:1–20

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 9:8

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

Matthew 21:22

All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

Matthew 6:8

Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

Isaiah 26:3

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

Philippians 4:6–7

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

Luke 12:31

But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

Matthew 6:25–34

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 6:8

But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

Romans 10:1

Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved.

Luke 11:9–10

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 21:26

There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold.

Proverbs 11:24

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Joshua 1:9

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Philippians 2:13

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

Romans 7:18

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good.

Mark 4:1–41

Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 4:29

But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

1 John 4:19

We love him, because he first loved us.

1 John 2:15–17

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 5:7

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

James 4:1–3

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

1 Timothy 6:9–10

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. — read the full passage →

Galatians 5:16–17

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

Romans 7:18–19

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good. — read the full passage →

Mark 10:35–37

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask.” — read the full passage →

Matthew 20:21

He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”

Proverbs 10:22

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Psalms 34:9–10

Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him. — read the full passage →

James 4:2

You lust, and don’t have. You kill, covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

John 10:10

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Zephaniah 3:17

Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

Isaiah 54:13

All your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your children.

Psalms 63:1

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

Psalms 14:2

Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God.

James 1:14–15

But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Romans 5:8

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

John 16:33

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

John 15:5

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Matthew 6:19–21

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Isaiah 3:1–26

For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water; — read the full passage →

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Psalms 46:10

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

Psalms 18:6

In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.

Genesis 2:18

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

1 John 3:1

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

Philippians 4:12

I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.

Luke 9:23

He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,and follow me.

Luke 2:52

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

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