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 delight in your statutes; I will not forget what you have said.

When your words turned up, I feasted on them; and they became my joy, the delight of my heart, because I belong to you, LORD God of heavenly forces.

“He committed himself to the LORD, so let God rescue him; let God deliver him because God likes him so much.”

Be glad in the Lord always! Again I say, be glad!

You teach me the way of life. In your presence is total celebration. Beautiful things are always in your right hand.

I surely rejoice in the LORD; my heart is joyful because of my God, because he has clothed me with clothes of victory, wrapped me in a robe of righteousness like a bridegroom in a priestly crown, and like a bride adorned in jewelry.

Enjoy the LORD, and he will give what your heart asks.

I want to do your will, my God. Your Instruction is deep within me.”

Instead of doing those things, these persons love the LORD’s Instruction, and they recite God’s Instruction day and night!

Praise the LORD! Those who honor the LORD, who adore God’s commandments, are truly happy!

Then Hannah prayed: My heart rejoices in the LORD. My strength rises up in the LORD! My mouth mocks my enemies because I rejoice in your deliverance.

“Go, eat rich food, and drink something sweet,” he said to them, “and send portions of this to any who have nothing ready! This day is holy to our LORD. Don’t be sad, because the joy from the LORD is your strength!”

I have asked one thing from the LORD— it’s all I seek: to live in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, seeing the LORD’s beauty and constantly adoring his temple.

They captured fortified cities and productive land, and took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things, excavated cisterns, vineyards, olive orchards, and a great many fruit trees. They ate until they were satisfied and grew fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

Taste and see how good the LORD is! The one who takes refuge in him is truly happy!

then you will take delight in the LORD. I will let you ride on the heights of the earth; I will sustain you with the heritage of your ancestor Jacob. The mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Lead me on the trail of your commandments because that is what I want.

I will celebrate and rejoice in you; I will sing praises to your name, Most High.

Then you will take pleasure in the Almighty; lift up your face to God.

If your Instruction hadn’t been my delight, I would have died because of my suffering.

When my anxieties multiply, your comforting calms me down.

God doesn’t prize the strength of a horse; God doesn’t treasure the legs of a runner.

Why spend money for what isn’t food, and your earnings for what doesn’t satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is good; enjoy the richest of feasts.

This is what the LORD proclaims about this people: Since they have loved to wander off and haven’t restrained themselves, I won’t accept them. Now I will recall their wrongdoing and punish their sin.

I was beside him as a master of crafts. I was having fun, smiling before him all the time,

frolicking with his inhabited earth and delighting in the human race.

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity, overlooking the sin of the few remaining for his inheritance? He doesn’t hold on to his anger forever; he delights in faithful love.

I will rejoice in your commandments because I love them.

Your laws are my possession forever because they are my heart’s joy.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in faith so that you overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The LORD’s regulations are right, gladdening the heart. The LORD’s commands are pure, giving light to the eyes.

A person’s steps are made secure by the LORD when they delight in his way.

Although you’ve never seen him, you love him. Even though you don’t see him now, you trust him and so rejoice with a glorious joy that is too much for words.

I have said these things to you so that my joy will be in you and your joy will be complete.

You are my shelter and my shield— I wait for your promise.

because you’ve made me happy, LORD, by your acts. I sing with joy because of your handiwork.

Serve the LORD with celebration! Come before him with shouts of joy!

Because the LORD is pleased with his people, God will beautify the poor with saving help.

The LORD your God is in your midst—a warrior bringing victory. He will create calm with his love; he will rejoice over you with singing.

I rejoice in the content of your laws as if I were rejoicing over great wealth.

You who are righteous, rejoice in the LORD and be glad! All you whose hearts are right, sing out in joy!

This is the day the LORD acted; we will rejoice and celebrate in it!

I’m fully satisfied— as with a rich dinner. My mouth speaks praise with joy on my lips—

whenever I ponder you on my bed, whenever I meditate on you in the middle of the night—

God is indeed my salvation; I will trust and won’t be afraid. Yah, the LORD, is my strength and my shield; he has become my salvation.”

You will draw water with joy from the springs of salvation.

I will rejoice in the LORD. I will rejoice in the God of my deliverance.

Our heart rejoices in God because we trust his holy name.

I’m overjoyed at your word, like someone who finds great treasure.

And not only that: we even take pride in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, the one through whom we now have a restored relationship with God.

So then, my brothers and sisters, be glad in the Lord. It’s no trouble for me to repeat the same things to you because they will help keep you on track.

I rejoice and celebrate in your faithful love because you saw my suffering— you were intimately acquainted with my deep distress.

Rejoice in the LORD, righteous ones! Give thanks to his holy name!

Greatness and grandeur are in front of him; strength and joy are in his place.

You grant him blessings forever; you make him happy with the joy of your presence.

In the path of your justice, LORD, we wait for you; with all our being, we long for your name and your acclaim.

Just like a deer that craves streams of water, my whole being craves you, God.

Rejoice always.

Pray continually.

Give thanks in every situation because this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

But I will rejoice in the LORD; I will celebrate his salvation.

Better is a single day in your courtyards than a thousand days anywhere else! I would prefer to stand outside the entrance of my God’s house than live comfortably in the tents of the wicked!

Nevertheless, don’t rejoice because the spirits submit to you. Rejoice instead that your names are written in heaven.”

The people who know the celebratory shout are truly happy! They walk in the light of your presence, LORD!

They rejoice in your name all day long and are uplifted by your righteousness

Then the peace of God that exceeds all understanding will keep your hearts and minds safe in Christ Jesus.

Yes, your laws are my joy— they are my most trusted advisors!

Let my praise be pleasing to him; I’m rejoicing in the LORD!

Your word is so pleasing to my taste buds— it’s sweeter than honey in my mouth!

I keep your laws; I love them so much!

so I can experience the good things your chosen ones experience, so I can rejoice in the joy of your nation, so I can praise along with your possession.

Be happy in your hope, stand your ground when you’re in trouble, and devote yourselves to prayer.

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

The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart trusts him. I was helped, my heart rejoiced, and I thank him with my song.

Up to now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive so that your joy will be complete.

because God satisfied the one who was parched with thirst, and he filled up the hungry with good things!

My lips will rejoice aloud when I make music for you; my whole being, which you saved, will do the same.

We are writing these things so that our joy can be complete.

Stress and strain have caught up with me, but your commandments are my joy!

The person whose help is the God of Jacob— the person whose hope rests on the LORD their God— is truly happy!

The people who have it like this are truly happy! The people whose God is the LORD are truly happy!

The LORD rules! Let the earth rejoice! Let all the islands celebrate!

The LORD’s ransomed ones will return and enter Zion with singing, with everlasting joy upon their heads. Happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and groaning will flee away.

Their hearts are unfeeling, like blubber, but I rejoice in your Instruction.

A joyful heart brightens one’s face, but a troubled heart breaks the spirit.

Be glad and rejoice forever in what I’m creating, because I’m creating Jerusalem as a joy and her people as a source of gladness.

I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad about my people. No one will ever hear the sound of weeping or crying in it again.

You changed my mourning into dancing. You took off my funeral clothes and dressed me up in joy

The thief enters only to steal, kill, and destroy. I came so that they could have life—indeed, so that they could live life to the fullest.

“You have shown me the paths of life;” “your presence will fill me with happiness.”

The LORD will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her ruins. He will make her desert like Eden and her wilderness like the LORD’s garden. Happiness and joy will be found in her— thanks and the sound of singing.

They feast on the bounty of your house; you let them drink from your river of pure joy.

I’m sure of this: I will stay alive and remain with all of you to help your progress and the joy of your faith,

Those with insight find prosperity; those who trust the LORD are blessed.

Yes, the LORD has done great things for us, and we are overjoyed.

Let me come to God’s altar— let me come to God, my joy, my delight— then I will give you thanks with the lyre, God, my God!

Let your compassion come to me so I can live again, because your Instruction is my joy!

LORD, I long for your saving help! Your Instruction is my joy!

But the weak will inherit the land; they will enjoy a surplus of peace.

In the depths of who I am I rejoice in God my savior.

My lips praise you because your faithful love is better than life itself!

You have made the nation great; you have increased its joy. They rejoiced before you as with joy at the harvest, as those who divide plunder rejoice.

Happy are those who find wisdom and those who gain understanding.

Fill us full every morning with your faithful love so we can rejoice and celebrate our whole life long.

because you’ve been a help to me and I shout for joy in the protection of your wings.

God’s kingdom isn’t about eating food and drinking but about righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Let them sing about the LORD’s ways because the LORD’s glory is so great!

The Instruction you’ve given to me is better than thousands of pieces of gold and silver!

How happy is the one you choose to bring close, the one who lives in your courtyards! We are filled full by the goodness of your house, by the holiness of your temple.

Come, let’s sing out loud to the LORD! Let’s raise a joyful shout to the rock of our salvation!

Let’s come before him with thanks! Let’s shout songs of joy to him!

But even if I am poured out like a drink offering upon the altar of service for your faith, I am glad. I’m glad with all of you.

You should be glad about this in the same way. Be glad with me!

Give praise to God’s holy name! Let the hearts of all those seeking the LORD rejoice!

My very being longs, even yearns, for the LORD’s courtyards. My heart and my body will rejoice out loud to the living God!

The people who love your Instruction enjoy peace—and lots of it. There’s no stumbling for them!

Why, I ask myself, are you so depressed? Why are you so upset inside? Hope in God! Because I will again give him thanks, my saving presence and my God.

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