Desire
experienceThe deep longings of the human heart — how they can be ordered toward God or disordered into destructive idolatry.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
Follow the flow
Desire connects to different paths in Scripture:
Desire leads to Faith and Repentance.
Reading Path
Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”Romans 13:14 →
“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.”1 John 3:4 →
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”2 Chronicles 7:14 →
“Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.”Habakkuk 2:4 →
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”Ephesians 2:8 →
Relationships
Anchor Scriptures 20 verses
“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”
Read in context →“Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.”
Read in context →“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.”
Read in context →“The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.”
Read in context →“And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.”
Read in context →“Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.”
Read in context →“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”
Read in context →“Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.”
Read in context →“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
Read in context →“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;”
Read in context →“Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)”
Read in context →“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:”
Read in context →“But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.”
Read in context →“But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.”
Read in context →“Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.”
Read in context →“And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.”
Read in context →“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”
Read in context →“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
Read in context →“And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.”
Read in context →“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;”
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