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Desire
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Verses(5+)
- VerseProverbs 24:1Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
- VerseSong of Solomon 7:10I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
- VersePsalms 145:16You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
- Verse1 Corinthians 14:1Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.
- VerseProverbs 3:15She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
Words (Strong's)(5+)
Themes(2)
- ThemeLoveThe Old Testament's word for it is *chesed* — not a feeling but a covenant posture: steadfast, loyal, obligated love that keeps showing up whether or not it is deserved. God's…
- ThemeMercyMercy in Scripture is not a mood God occasionally feels but a self-disclosed name. When the LORD passes before Moses on Sinai and proclaims who He is, the first words out are…
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Authors(5)
- AuthorSyncletica of AlexandriaSyncletica was born at Alexandria, probably late in the third century, to Macedonian parents who had settled in Egypt and grown rich. She died about 350, in her eighties. Her…
- AuthorAponiusAponius wrote one book, and it is a big one: a commentary on the Song of Songs in twelve volumes. He appears to have been a Latin writer working in Italy, probably at Rome, and…
- AuthorGregory of NyssaGregory was born about 335 at Caesarea in Cappadocia, into a family that produced more saints than most centuries do: his grandmother Macrina the Elder had survived persecution…
- AuthorFaustus of RiezFaustus was born about 405, most likely in Britain, and came young to Lérins — the island monastery off the Provençal coast that produced a generation of Gallic bishops. He…
- AuthorJohn CalvinJohn Calvin was born Jean Cauvin on July 10, 1509, at Noyon in Picardy, northern France. His father worked for the cathedral chapter and set him toward the priesthood, then…
Apocrypha (study resources)(5+)
- Study resourceWisdom of Solomon 6:20Therefore the desire of wisdom bringeth to a kingdom.
- Study resourceSirach 16:1Desire not a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons.
- Study resourceWisdom of Solomon 6:13She preventeth them that desire her, in making herself first known unto them.
- Study resource2 Esdras 15:17A man shall desire to go into a city, and shall not be able.
- Study resource2 Esdras 16:27So that one man shall desire to see another, and to hear his voice.
