Lexicon :: Strong's G1937 - epithymeō

“Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s family ​— ​but why have you stolen my gods? ”

“Issachar is a strong donkey

lying down between the saddlebags.[fn]

Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

“For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory. No one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.

The riffraff[fn] among them had a strong craving for other food. The Israelites wept again and said, “Who will feed us meat?

“Do not covet your neighbor’s wife or desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

“Burn up the carved images of their gods. Don’t covet the silver and gold on the images and take it for yourself, or else you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to the LORD your God.

“When the LORD your God enlarges your territory as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I want to eat meat’ because you have a strong desire to eat meat, you may eat it whenever you want.

“You may spend the silver on anything you want: cattle, sheep, goats, wine, beer, or anything you desire. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your family.

“When a Levite leaves one of your towns in Israel where he was staying and wants to go to the place the LORD chooses,

If that person said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you can take whatever you want for yourself,” the servant would reply, “No, I insist that you hand it over right now. If you don’t, I’ll take it by force! ”

Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.”

Abner said to David, “Let me now go and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king. They will make a covenant with you, and you will reign over all you desire.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

David was extremely thirsty[fn] and said, “If only someone would bring me water to drink from the well at the city gate of Bethlehem! ”

“I will appoint you, and you will reign as king over all you want, and you will be king over Israel.

David was extremely thirsty[fn] and said, “If only someone would bring me water to drink from the well at the city gate of Bethlehem! ”

Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to Solomon, all the chariot cities, the cavalry cities, and everything Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, or anywhere else in the land of his dominion.

so that he detests bread,

and his soul despises his favorite food.

and the king will desire your beauty.

Bow down to him, for he is your lord.

They were seized with craving in the wilderness

and tested God in the desert.

I am continually overcome

with longing for your judgments.

How I long for your precepts!

Give me life through your righteousness.

He is filled with craving[fn] all day long,

but the righteous give and don’t hold back.

don’t desire his choice food,

for that food is deceptive.

Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread,[fn]

and don’t desire his choice food,

Don’t envy the evil

or desire to be with them,

God gives a person riches, wealth, and honor so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself, but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.

Like an apricot[fn] tree among the trees of the forest,

so is my love among the young men.

I delight to sit in his shade,

and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

Indeed, they[fn] will be ashamed of the sacred trees

you desired,

and you will be embarrassed because of the garden shrines

you have chosen.

I long for you in the night;

yes, my spirit within me diligently seeks you,

for when your judgments are in the land,

the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

“You have not bought me aromatic cane with silver,

or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.

But you have burdened me with your sins;

you have wearied me with your iniquities.

“They seek me day after day

and delight to know my ways,

like a nation that does what is right

and does not abandon the justice of their God.

They ask me for righteous judgments;

they delight in the nearness of God.”

“The LORD will always lead you,

satisfy you in a parched land,

and strengthen your bones.

You will be like a watered garden

and like a spring whose water never runs dry.

But I have not run away from being your shepherd,

and I have not longed for the fatal day.

You know my words were spoken in your presence.