"I desire"

1. Judg. 8: 24
     24 ¶ And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
2. 1 Kgs. 2: 20
     20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
3. 2 Kgs. 4: 28
     28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
4. Job 13: 3
     3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
5. Job 33: 32
     32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
6. Ps. 27: 4
     4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may ^adwell in the ^bhouse of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the ^cbeauty of the Lord, and to ^denquire in his temple.
7. Ps. 73: 25
     25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
8. Ps. 132: 14
     14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
9. Isa. 26: 9
     9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I ^aseek thee ^bearly: for when thy ^cjudgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
10. Jer. 17: 16
      16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
11. Hosea 6: 6
      6 For ^aI desired ^bmercy, and not sacrifice; and the ^cknowledge of God more than burnt ^dofferings.
12. Luke 22: 15
      15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
13. 1 Cor. 16: 12
      12 As touching our brother ^aApollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.
14. 2 Cor. 12: 6, 18
      6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
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      18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
15. Gal. 4: 20
      20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I ^astand in doubt of you.
16. Eph. 3: 13
      13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
17. Philip. 4: 17
      17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire ^afruit that may abound to your account.
18. 1 Ne. 6: 3
      3 And it mattereth not to me that I am particular to give a full account of all the things of my father, for they cannot be written upon ^athese plates, for I desire the room that I may write of the things of God.
19. 1 Ne. 11: 1, 3
      1 For it came to pass after I had desired to know the things that my father had seen, and believing that the Lord was able to make them known unto me, as I sat ^apondering in mine heart I was ^bcaught away in the Spirit of the Lord, yea, into an exceedingly high ^cmountain, which I never had before seen, and upon which I never had before set my foot.
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      3 And I said: I desire to behold the things which my father ^asaw.
20. 1 Ne. 18: 21
      21 And it came to pass after they had loosed me, behold, I took the compass, and it did work whither I desired it. And it came to pass that I ^aprayed unto the Lord; and after I had prayed the winds did cease, and the storm did cease, and there was a great calm.
21. 2 Ne. 1: 16
      16 And I desire that ye should remember to observe the ^astatutes and the judgments of the Lord; behold, this hath been the anxiety of my soul from the beginning.
22. 2 Ne. 4: 19
      19 And when I desire to rejoice, my heart groaneth because of my sins; nevertheless, I know in whom I have ^atrusted.
23. Jacob 7: 16
      16 And it came to pass that he said unto the people: Gather together on the morrow, for I shall die; wherefore, I desire to speak unto the people before I shall die.
24. Enos 1: 13
      13 And now behold, this was the desire which I desired of him—that if it should so be, that my people, the Nephites, should fall into transgression, and by any means be ^adestroyed, and the Lamanites should not be ^bdestroyed, that the Lord God would ^cpreserve a record of my people, the Nephites; even if it so be by the power of his holy arm, that it might be ^dbrought forth at some future day unto the Lamanites, that, perhaps, they might be ^ebrought unto salvation—
25. Mosiah 2: 41
      41 And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and ^ahappy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are ^bblessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out ^cfaithful to the end they are received into ^dheaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it.
26. Mosiah 5: 6
      6 And now, these are the words which king Benjamin desired of them; and therefore he said unto them: Ye have spoken the words that I desired; and the covenant which ye have made is a righteous covenant.
27. Mosiah 7: 10
      10 And now, ^aI desire to know the cause whereby ye were so bold as to come near the walls of the city, when I, myself, was with my guards without the ^bgate?
28. Mosiah 22: 4
      4 And now O king, if thou hast not found me to be an unprofitable servant, or if thou hast hitherto listened to my words in any degree, and they have been of service to thee, even so I desire that thou wouldst listen to my words at this time, and I will be thy servant and deliver this people out of bondage.
29. Mosiah 23: 13
      13 And now as ye have been delivered by the power of God out of these bonds; yea, even out of the ^ahands of king Noah and his people, and also from the ^bbonds of iniquity, even so I desire that ye should ^cstand fast in this ^dliberty wherewith ye have been made free, and that ye trust ^eno man to be a king over you.
30. Mosiah 29: 5, 32
      5 Behold, O ye my people, or my brethren, for I esteem you as such, I desire that ye should consider the cause which ye are called to ^aconsider—for ye are desirous to have a king.
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      32 And now I desire that this ^ainequality should be no more in this land, especially among this my people; but I desire that this land be a land of ^bliberty, and ^cevery man may enjoy his rights and privileges alike, so long as the Lord sees fit that we may live and inherit the land, yea, even as long as any of our posterity remains upon the face of the land.
31. Alma 17: 23
      23 And Ammon said unto him: Yea, I desire to ^adwell among this people for a time; yea, and perhaps until the day I die.
32. Alma 18: 11, 22
      11 Now I surely know that this is the Great Spirit, and I would desire him that he come in unto me, but I durst not.
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      22 Now Ammon being ^awise, yet harmless, he said unto Lamoni: Wilt thou hearken unto my words, if I tell thee by what power I do these things? And this is the thing that I desire of thee.
33. Alma 22: 3, 11
      3 And now, O king, if thou wilt spare our lives, we will be thy servants. And the king said unto them: Arise, for I will grant unto you your lives, and I will not suffer that ye shall be my servants; but I will insist that ye shall administer unto me; for I have been somewhat ^atroubled in mind because of the ^bgenerosity and the greatness of the words of thy brother Ammon; and I desire to know the cause why he has not come up out of Middoni with thee.
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      11 And he said: Yea, I believe that the Great Spirit created all things, and I desire that ye should tell me concerning all these things, and I will ^abelieve thy words.
34. Alma 29: 6-7
      6 Now, seeing that I know these things, why should I desire more than to ^aperform the work to which I have been called?
      7 Why should I desire that I were an angel, that I could speak unto all the ends of the earth?
35. Alma 33: 23
      23 And now, my brethren, I desire that ye shall ^aplant this word in your hearts, and as it beginneth to swell even so nourish it by your faith. And behold, it will become a tree, ^bspringing up in you unto ^ceverlasting life. And then may God grant unto you that your ^dburdens may be light, through the joy of his Son. And even all this can ye do if ye ^ewill. Amen.
36. Alma 34: 37
      37 And now, my beloved brethren, I desire that ye should remember these things, and that ye should ^awork out your salvation with fear before God, and that ye should no more deny the coming of Christ;
37. Alma 37: 28
      28 For behold, there is a ^acurse upon all this land, that destruction shall come upon all those workers of darkness, according to the power of God, when they are fully ripe; therefore I desire that this people might not be destroyed.
38. Alma 42: 29-30
      29 And now, my son, I desire that ye should let these things ^atrouble you no more, and only let your sins trouble you, with that trouble which shall bring you down unto repentance.
      30 O my son, I desire that ye should deny the ^ajustice of God no more. Do not endeavor to excuse yourself in the least point because of your sins, by denying the justice of God; but do you let the justice of God, and his ^bmercy, and his long-suffering have full sway in your heart; and let it bring you down to the dust in ^chumility.
39. Hel. 5: 6
      6 Behold, my sons, I desire that ye should remember to keep the commandments of God; and I would that ye should declare unto the people these words. Behold, I have given unto you the names of our first ^aparents who came out of the land of Jerusalem; and this I have done that when you remember your names ye may remember them; and when ye remember them ye may remember their works; and when ye remember their works ye may know how that it is said, and also written, that they were ^bgood.
40. Morm. 6: 3
      3 And it came to pass that the king of the Lamanites did grant unto me the thing which I desired.
41. Ether 8: 13
      13 And it came to pass that Akish gathered in unto the house of Jared all his kinsfolk, and said unto them: Will ye swear unto me that ye will be faithful unto me in the thing which I shall desire of you?
42. Moro. 8: 6
      6 And now, my son, I desire that ye should labor diligently, that this gross error should be removed from among you; for, for this intent I have written this epistle.
43. D&C 127: 10
      10 I will say to all the saints, that I desired, with exceedingly great desire, to have addressed them from the stand on the subject of baptism for the dead, on the following Sabbath. But inasmuch as it is out of my power to do so, I will write the word of the Lord from time to time, on that subject, and send it to you by mail, as well as many other things.