Deuteronomy 12:20

New Century Version

When the Lord your God enlarges your country as he has promised, and you want some meat so you say, “I want some meat,” you may eat as much meat as you want.

Cross References

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be as many as the dust of the earth. They will spread west and east, north and south, and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

Genesis 31:30

I know you want to go back to your home, but why did you steal my idols?”

2 Samuel 13:39

When King David got over Amnon’s death, he missed Absalom greatly.

2 Samuel 23:15

David had a strong desire for some water. He said, “Oh, I wish someone would get me water from the well near the city gate of Bethlehem!”

1 Chronicles 4:10

Jabez prayed to the God of Israel, “Please do good things for me and give me more land. Stay with me, and don’t let anyone hurt me. Then I won’t have any pain.” And God did what Jabez had asked.

Psalm 107:9

He satisfies the thirsty and fills up the hungry.

Psalm 119:174

I want you to save me, Lord. I love your teachings.

Psalm 119:20

I wear myself out with desire for your laws all the time.

Psalm 119:40

How I want to follow your orders. Give me life because of your goodness.

Psalm 63:1

God, you are my God. I search for you. I thirst for you like someone in a dry, empty land where there is no water.

Psalm 84:2

I want more than anything to be in the courtyards of the Lord’s Temple. My whole being wants to be with the living God.

Exodus 23:31

“I will give you the land from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give you power over the people who now live in the land, and you will force them out ahead of you.

Exodus 34:24

I will force out nations ahead of you and expand the borders of your land. You will go before the Lord your God three times each year, and at that time no one will try to take your land from you.

Numbers 11:20

but you will eat that meat for a whole month. You will eat it until it comes out your nose, and you will grow to hate it. This is because you have rejected the Lord, who is with you. You have cried to him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?” ’ ”

Numbers 11:34

So the people named that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried those who wanted other food.

Numbers 11:4

Some troublemakers among them wanted better food, and soon all the Israelites began complaining. They said, “We want meat!

2 Corinthians 9:14

And when they pray, they will wish they could be with you because of the great grace that God has given you.

Deuteronomy 11:24

Everywhere you step will be yours. Your land will go from the desert to Lebanon and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.

Deuteronomy 12:15

But you may kill your animals in any of your towns and eat as much of the meat as you want, as if it were a deer or a gazelle; this is the blessing the Lord your God is giving you. Anyone, clean or unclean, may eat this meat,

Deuteronomy 12:21

If the Lord your God chooses a place where he is to be worshiped that is too far away from you, you may kill animals from your herds and flocks, which the Lord has given to you. I have commanded that you may do this. You may eat as much of them as you want in your own towns,

Deuteronomy 19:8

Carefully obey all these laws I’m giving you today. Love the Lord your God, and always do what he wants you to do. Then the Lord your God will enlarge your land as he promised your ancestors, giving you the whole land he promised to them. After that, choose three more cities of safety

Philippians 1:8

God knows that I want to see you very much, because I love all of you with the love of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 2:26

because he wants very much to see all of you. He is worried because you heard that he was sick.