Bible Verses about 'Delight'
| Delight yourself in the Lord; And He will give you the desires of your heart. | Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. |
| I delight to do Your will, my God; Your Law is within my heart. | I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart. |
| A fool does not delight in understanding, But in revealing his own mind. | Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. |
| Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, But those who deal faithfully are His delight. | The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy. |
| When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your comfort delights my soul. | When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy. |
| Praise the Lord! Blessed is a person who fears the Lord, Who greatly delights in His commandments. | Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands. |
| If, because of the Sabbath, you restrain your foot From doing as you wish on My holy day, And call the Sabbath a pleasure, and the holy day of the Lord honorable, And honor it, desisting from your own ways, From seeking your own pleasure And speaking your own word, Then you will take delight in the Lord, And I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, For the mouth of the Lord has spoken. | “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, then you will find your joy in the Lord, and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken. |
| When you make a vow to God, do not be late in paying it; for He takes no delight in fools. Pay what you vow! | When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. |
| Therefore I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in distresses, in persecutions, in difficulties, in behalf of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong. | That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. |
| I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches. | I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. |
| For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will glorify the lowly with salvation. | For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory. |
| Who is a God like You, who pardons wrongdoing And passes over a rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy. | Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. |
| The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. | The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him. |
| I have inherited Your testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart. | Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart. |
| A person has joy in an apt answer, And how delightful is a timely word! | A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word! |
| The steps of a man are established by the Lord, And He delights in his way. | The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him. |
| Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor. | Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. |
| The Lord your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will rejoice over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy. | The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing. |
| It does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. | Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. |
| How delightful on the mountains Are the feet of one who brings good news, Who announces peace And brings good news of happiness, Who announces salvation, And says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” | How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!” |
| My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord Or loathe His rebuke, For whom the Lord loves He disciplines, Just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights. | My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in. |
| I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, My soul will be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a groom puts on a turban, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. | I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. |
Bible verse of the day
A prudent person sees evil and hides himself;But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty.