Quotes about Desire
Two things I ask of You—do not refuse me before I die:
- Proverbs 30:7
The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
- Proverbs 30:15
All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
- Ecclesiastes 1:8
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
- Ecclesiastes 2:10
God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
- Ecclesiastes 6:2
All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
- Ecclesiastes 6:7
Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 6:9
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
- Song of Solomon 1:2
Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
- Song of Solomon 1:4
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
- Song of Solomon 1:13
Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
- Song of Solomon 2:5
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
- Song of Solomon 2:7