Now come down, O king, according to all your heart's desire to come down, and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand.”

And Abner said to David, “I will arise and go and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.

My days are past; my plans are broken off, the desires of my heart.

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans!

You have given him his heart's desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, our heart's desire!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil.

Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.

But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.

Paul's Longing to See Them Again

But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face,