desires
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4Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart. 5Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him, and he will accomplish it.
33Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.
24What the impious fear will overwhelm them. The just shall be given their desire.
13Let us walk honestly, as in the daylight, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and sexual immorality, not in contention and envy. 14Instead, be clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in its desires.
5May he grant to you according to your heart, and confirm all your counsels.
22to set aside your earlier behavior, the former man, who was corrupted, by means of desire, unto error, 23and so be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24and so put on the new man, who, in accord with God, is created in justice and in the holiness of truth.
14Yet truly, each one is tempted by his own desires, having been enticed and drawn away. 15Thereafter, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. Yet truly sin, when it has been consummated, produces death.
8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways, says the Lord. 9For just as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so also are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.
16You open your hand, and you fill every kind of animal with a blessing.
19He will do the will of those who fear him, and he will heed their supplication and accomplish their salvation.
17So if anyone is a new creature in Christ, what is old has passed away. Behold, all things have been made new.
23Cast your cares upon the Lord, and he will nurture you. He will not allow the just to be tossed about forever.
15For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done for you, so also should you do.
24For this reason, I say to you, all things whatsoever that you ask for when praying: believe that you will receive them, and they will happen for you. 25And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your sins.