Delight

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. — read the full passage →

He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. — read the full passage →

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. — read the full passage →

Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. — read the full passage →

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. — read the full passage →

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. — read the full passage →

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. — read the full passage →

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: — read the full passage →

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. — read the full passage →

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. — read the full passage →

O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. — read the full passage →

Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. — read the full passage →

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. — read the full passage →

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, — read the full passage →

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. — read the full passage →

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; — read the full passage →

The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law.

If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. — read the full passage →

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. — read the full passage →

Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. — read the full passage →

Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, — read the full passage →

And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: