Bible Verses about “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.”

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

“And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which [are] within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.”

“For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].”

“At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay [it] up within thy gates:”

“And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,”

“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.”

“¶ Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.”

“Then shalt thou turn [it] into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:”

“I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.”

“And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.”

“And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; [or] if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:”

“And the Levite that [is] within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.”

“I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches.”

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

“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].”

“¶ Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.”

“¶ I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.”

“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.”

“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 lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.”

“Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.”

“If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.”

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

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

“¶ 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.”

“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.”

“Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.”

“O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.”