Bible Verses about 'Delight'
| Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. | Take delight in the Lord, and he will grant you what your heart desires. |
| I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart. | To do your will, O God, is my delight; your law is in my heart. |
| Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight. | The Lord abhors lying lips, but he delights in those who are truthful. |
| I delight in the way of your decrees as much as in all riches. | I rejoice in following your statutes more than I would rejoice in endless riches. |
| Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly delight in his commandments. | Alleluia. Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his precepts. |
| A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing personal opinion. | A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only delights in expressing his own opinions. |
| If you refrain from trampling the sabbath, from pursuing your own interests on my holy day; if you call the sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, serving your own interests, or pursuing your own affairs; then you shall take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Jacob, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken. | If you refrain from traveling on the Sabbath and from engaging in your own interests on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a day of joy and regard the Lord’s holy day as honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way, serving your own interests, or attending to your own affairs; then you will find true happiness in the Lord, and I will enable you to ride upon the heights of the earth. I will nourish you with the heritage of your father Jacob, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken. |
| When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. | When my anxious thoughts multiplied, your comfort filled my soul with joy. |
| For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with victory. | For the Lord takes delight in his people, and he crowns the humble with salvation. |
| Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of your possession? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in showing clemency. | What god can compare with you, the God who takes away guilt and forgives the transgressions of the remnant of your people? You will not allow your anger to fester forever, for your delight is in bestowing mercy. |
| The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who begets a wise son will be glad in him. | The father of a good man will rejoice; he who begets a wise son will delight in him. |
| Your decrees are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart. | Your statutes are my everlasting heritage; they are the very joy of my heart. |
| Our steps are made firm by the Lord, when he delights in our way. | The Lord makes a man’s steps secure when he approves of his conduct. |
| Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. | Love one another with genuine affection. Esteem others more highly than yourself. |
| The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. | The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior and a savior. He will rejoice over you with gladness and renew you through his love. He will exult over you with shouts of joy. |
| It does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. | Love does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. |
| Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong. | For this reason, I rejoice when I endure weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and distress for the sake of Christ. For it is when I am weak that I am strong. |
| My child, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves the one he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights. | My son, do not ignore the Lord’s discipline or refuse to accept his rebuke. For the Lord disciplines those whom he loves, just as a father chastises a beloved son. |
| For not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, for you delighted in them. | It was not their own swords that won them the land, nor did their own arms make them victorious; rather, it was your right hand and your arm and the light of your face, because you loved them. |
| I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my whole being shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. | I rejoice in the Lord with all my heart; my soul exults in my God. For he has clothed me in garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of saving justice, like a bridegroom adorned with a garland or a bride bedecked with her jewels. |
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