108 Bible verses about Delighting in the Lord

Psalm 37:4 says, "Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Think about what it really means to delight in something. It's about experiencing deep happiness and satisfaction in what brings you true joy. And the Bible teaches us that true joy is only found in God.

When you delight in God, it puts everything else into perspective. Your worries and struggles become smaller because you recognize that He's ultimately in control. It strengthens your relationship with Him, draws you closer to His presence, and helps you trust His promises completely.

Delighting in God also cultivates an attitude of gratitude. You start to see all the good things in your life as blessings from His love and care. It doesn't mean ignoring your responsibilities or pretending challenges don't exist. Instead, it's about finding the strength and wisdom in Him to face them with confidence and a positive outlook.

Truly, delighting in God leads to a full and meaningful life. It's where you'll find genuine satisfaction and discover the purpose He has for you. So, in the midst of all the demands and distractions of this world, remember that only in God will you find the delight your heart truly longs for.

I will meditate on Your statutes; I will not forget Your words.

Consume them, and Your word shall be to me for the joy and gladness of my heart. For Your name has been called upon me, O Lord Almighty.

He hoped in the Lord; let Him deliver Him, let Him save Him, because He takes pleasure in Him.

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

You have made known to me the ways of life; You will fill me with joy with Your countenance: at Your right hand there are delights forever.

and they shall greatly rejoice in the Lord. Let my soul rejoice in the Lord; for He has clothed me with the robe of salvation, and the garment of joy; He has put a turban on me as on a bridegroom, and adorned me with ornaments as a bride.

Delight yourself in the Lord, and He shall grant you the desires of your heart.

I desired to do Your will, O my God, and Your law in the midst of my heart.

But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in His law will he meditate day and night.

Alleluia. Blessed is the man that fears the Lord; he will delight greatly in His commandments.

My heart is established in the Lord, my horn is exalted in my God; my mouth is enlarged over my enemies, I have rejoiced in Your salvation.

And the governor said to them, Go, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them that have nothing; for this day is holy to our Lord: and faint not, for the Lord is our strength.

One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I earnestly seek; that I should dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life, that I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and survey His temple.

And they took lofty cities, and inherited houses full of all good things, wells already dug, vineyards and olive yards, and every fruit tree in abundance. So they ate, and were filled, and grew fat, and delighted themselves in Your great goodness.

Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who hopes in Him.

then shall you trust on the Lord; and He shall bring you up to the good places of the land, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.

Guide me in the path of Your commandments; for I have delighted in it.

I will be glad and exalt in You: I will sing to Your name, O Most High.

Then shall you have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven.

Were it not that Your law is my meditation, then I should have perished in my affliction.

Your mercy, O Lord, has helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, Your consolation has soothed my soul.

He will not take pleasure in the strength of a horse; neither is He well-pleased with the legs of a man.

Why do you value at the price of money, and give your labor for that which will not satisfy? Hearken to Me, and you shall eat that which is good, and your soul shall feast itself on good things.

Thus says the Lord to this people: They have loved to wander, and they have not spared, therefore God has not prospered them; now will He remember their iniquity.

I was by Him, suiting myself to Him, I was that in which He took delight; and daily I rejoiced in His presence continually.

For He rejoiced when He had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.

Who is a God like You, canceling iniquities, and passing over the sins of the remnant of His inheritance? And He has not kept His anger for a testimony, for He delights in mercy.

And I meditated on Your commandments, which I loved exceedingly.

I have inherited Your testimonies forever; for they are the joy of my heart.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The ordinances of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is bright, enlightening the eyes.

The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord; and He will take pleasure in his way.

Whom not having seen, you love, in whom now not seeing, but believing, you rejoice with inexpressible joy and glorified,

These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may abide in you, and that your joy may be full.

You are my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in Your words.

For You, O Lord, have made me glad with Your work; and in the operations of Your hands will I rejoice.

Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with exaltation.

For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; and will exalt the meek with salvation.

The Lord your God is in you; the Mighty One shall save you: He shall bring joy upon you, and shall refresh you with His love; and He shall rejoice over you with delight as in a day of feasting.

I have delighted in the way of Your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

Be glad in the Lord, and exalt, you righteous; and shout for joy, all you that are upright in heart!

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us exalt and rejoice in it.

Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness; and my joyful lips shall praise Your name.

For I have remembered You on my bed; in the early seasons I have meditated on You.

Behold, my God is my Savior; I will trust in Him, and not be afraid; for the Lord is my glory and my praise, and has become my salvation.

Therefore draw water with joy out of the wells of salvation.

yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in God my Savior.

For our heart shall rejoice in Him, and we have hoped in His holy name.

I will rejoice because of Your oracles, as one that finds much spoil.

And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom now we received the reconciliation.

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. For me to write the same things to you is not troublesome, but for you it is safe.

I will exalt and be glad in Your mercy; for You have looked upon my affliction; You have saved my soul from distresses.

Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous; and give thanks for a remembrance of His holiness.

Glory and praise are in His presence; strength and rejoicing are in His place.

For You will give him a blessing forever and ever; You will gladden him with joy with Your countenance.

For the way of the Lord is judgment; we have hoped in Your name, and on the remembrance of You,

For the end, A Psalm of instruction, for the sons of Korah. As the deer earnestly desires the fountains of water, so my soul earnestly longs for You, O God.

Rejoice always!

Pray without ceasing!

In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

But my soul shall exalt in the Lord; it shall delight in His salvation.

For one day in Your courts is better than thousands. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God, than dwell in the tents of sinners.

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice because your names have been written in heaven."

Blessed are the people that knows the joyful sound; they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.

And in Your name shall they rejoice all the day; and in Your righteousness shall they be exalted.

and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

For Your testimonies are my meditation, and Your statutes are my counselors.

Let my meditation be sweet to Him, and I will rejoice in the Lord.

How sweet are Your oracles to my taste! More so than honey to my mouth!

My soul has kept Your testimonies, and loved them exceedingly.

that we may behold the good of Your elect, that we may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, that we may glory with Your inheritance.

rejoicing in hope, enduring in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in Him, and I am helped; my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to Him.

Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

For He satisfies the empty soul, and fills the hungry soul with good things,

My lips shall rejoice when I sing to You; and my soul, which You have redeemed.

And these things we write to you that our joy may be fulfilled.

Afflictions and distresses found me; but Your commandments were my meditation.

Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Men bless the people to whom this lot belongs, but blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.

For David, when his land was established. The Lord reigns, let the earth exalt, let many islands rejoice.

and shall return, and come to Zion with joy, and everlasting joy shall be over their head; for on their head shall be praise and exaltation, and joy shall take possession of them; sorrow and pain, and groaning have fled away.

Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on Your law.

When the heart rejoices, the countenance is cheerful, but when it is in sorrow, the countenance is sad.

But they shall find in her joy and exaltation; for behold, I make Jerusalem a rejoicing, and My people a joy.

And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and will be glad in My people; and there shall no more be heard in her the voice of weeping, or the voice of crying.

You have turned my mourning into joy for me; You have removed my sackcloth, and have clothed me with gladness;

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

You have made known to me the ways of life; You will fill me full of joy in Your presence."

And now I will comfort you, O Zion; and I have comforted all her desert places; and I will make her desert places as a garden, and her western places as the garden of the Lord; they shall find in her gladness and exaltation, thanksgiving and the voice of praise.

They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of Your house; and You shall cause them to drink of the full stream of Your delights.

And having been persuaded of this, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,

He who is skillful in business finds good, but he that trusts in God is most blessed.

The Lord has done great things for us, we became joyful.

And I will go in to the altar of God, to God who gladdens my youth; I will give thanks to You on the harp, O God, my God.

Let Your compassions come to me, that I may live; for Your law is my meditation.

I have longed after Your salvation, O Lord; and Your law is my meditation.

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

and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.

For Your mercy is better than life: my lips shall praise You.

The multitude of the people which you have brought down in your joy, they shall even rejoice before you as they that rejoice in harvest, and as they that divide the spoil.

Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence.

We have been satisfied in the morning with Your mercy; and we did exalt and rejoice;

For You have been my helper, and in the shelter of Your wings will I rejoice.

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

And let them sing in the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.

The law of Your mouth is better to me than thousands of coins of gold and silver.

Blessed is he whom You have chosen and adopted; he shall dwell in Your courts; we shall be filled with the good things of Your house; Your temple is holy.

The praise of a Song by David. Come, let us rejoice in the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to God our Savior.

Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise to Him with psalms.

But even if I am being poured upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice; yea, and I rejoice with you all.

For the same reason you also rejoice and rejoice together with me.

Praise His holy name, the heart that seeks His pleasure shall rejoice.

My soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh have exalted in the living God.

Great peace have they that love Your law; and there is no stumbling block to them.

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

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