Bible Verses About Wanting

“Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”

“You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask. And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.”

“Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.”

“May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.”

“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”

“You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah”

“And this is the confidence that we have before Him: 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 already possess what we have asked of Him.”

“I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances. I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.”

“The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.”

“If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”

“O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.”

“The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work. All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.”

“Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.”

“And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.”

“You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.”

“He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.”

“For all that is in the world — the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life — is not from the Father but from the world.”

“For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.”

“Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.”

“If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.”

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.[’]”

“But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.”

“One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.”

“All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.”

“So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.”

“Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.”

“But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.”