What Does the Bible Say About Desiring God?

Psalm 73:25 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.

Jeremiah 29:13 ESV / 45 helpful votes

You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

Psalm 37:4 ESV / 41 helpful votes

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 27:4 ESV / 39 helpful votes

One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.

Psalm 119:9 ESV / 30 helpful votes

How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.

Psalm 42:1 ESV / 21 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.

1 John 5:2 ESV / 20 helpful votes

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.

Philippians 3:10 ESV / 18 helpful votes

That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

Hebrews 3:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes

But Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.

Psalm 139:23-24 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!

Romans 10:14 ESV / 13 helpful votes

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?

1 John 5:14-16 ESV / 11 helpful votes

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that.

2 Timothy 2:24-25 ESV / 11 helpful votes

And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,

1 Timothy 1:5 ESV / 11 helpful votes

The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

Ephesians 1:11 ESV / 10 helpful votes

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

Psalm 63:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

2 Chronicles 15:15 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.

Ephesians 1:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes

He predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 9 helpful votes

As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. ...

Romans 8:29-30 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

2 Corinthians 2:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 8 helpful votes

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Romans 9:1-33 ESV / 8 helpful votes

I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen. ...

Luke 7:1-10 ESV / 8 helpful votes

After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him. When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant. And when they came to Jesus, they pleaded with him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy to have you do this for him, for he loves our nation, and he is the one who built us our synagogue.” ...

Mark 8:34 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Hebrews 10:23-25 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Ephesians 4:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

1 Corinthians 13:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.

John 12:21 ESV / 7 helpful votes

So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

Psalm 63:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Revelation 18:13-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls. “The fruit for which your soul longed has gone from you, and all your delicacies and your splendors are lost to you, never to be found again!” The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud, “Alas, alas, for the great city that was clothed in fine linen, in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, with jewels, and with pearls! For in a single hour all this wealth has been laid waste.” And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off ...

Philippians 1:21-24 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.

Acts 13:48 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. ...

Luke 19:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

38 Bible Verses about Desiring God

Psalm 73:25 ESV / 46 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 29:13 ESV / 45 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 37:4 ESV / 41 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 27:4 ESV / 39 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:9 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 42:1 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 5:2 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 3:10 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 3:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 139:23-24 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 10:14 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Ephesians 1:11 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 63:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Chronicles 15:15 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 1:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Colossians 3:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 9:1-33 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 7:1-10 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 8:34 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 10:23-25 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 13:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 12:21 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 63:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:28 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 18:13-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 1:21-24 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 13:48 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 19:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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