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 shall delight in Your statutes; I shall not forget Your word.

Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your words became for me joy and gladness in my heart, For I have been called by Your name, O Yahweh God of hosts.

“Commit yourself to Yahweh; let Him rescue him; Let Him deliver him, because He delights in him.”

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

¶I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh; My soul will rejoice in my God, For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a headdress, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Delight yourself in Yahweh; And He will give you the desires of your heart.

“I desire to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my inner being.”

But his delight is in the law of Yahweh, And in His law he meditates day and night.

Praise Yah! How blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, Who greatly delights in His commandments.

Then Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in Yahweh; My horn is exalted in Yahweh; My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, Because I am glad in Your salvation.

Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”

¶One thing I have asked from Yahweh, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Yahweh And to inquire in His temple.

“They captured fortified cities and a rich land. They took possession of houses full of every good thing, Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves, Trees for food in abundance. So they ate, were filled, and grew fat, And reveled in Your great goodness.

¶O taste and see that Yahweh is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

Then you will take delight in Yahweh, And I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; And I will feed you with the inheritance of Jacob your father, For the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.”

Cause me to walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it.

I will be glad and exult in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

“For then you will delight in the Almighty And lift up your face to God.

If Your law had not been my delight, Then I would have perished in my affliction.

When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul.

He does not delight in the might of the horse; He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.

“Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight your soul in richness.

Thus says Yahweh to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander; they have not kept their feet in check. Therefore Yahweh does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.”

Then I was beside Him, as a master workman; And I was a daily delight, Rejoicing always before Him,

Rejoicing in the world, His earth, My delight is in the sons of men.

Who is a God like You, who forgives iniquity And passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? He does not hold fast to His anger forever Because He delights in lovingkindness.

I shall delight in Your commandments, Which I love.

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, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The precepts of Yahweh are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of Yahweh is pure, enlightening the eyes.

¶The footsteps of a man are established by Yahweh, And He delights in his way.

And though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

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

You are my hiding place and my shield; I wait for Your word.

For You, O Yahweh, have made me glad by what You have done, I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

Serve Yahweh with gladness; Come before Him with joyful songs.

For Yahweh takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation.

“Yahweh your God is in your midst, A mighty one who will save. He will be joyful over you with gladness; He will be quiet in His love; He will rejoice over you with joyful singing.

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

Be glad in Yahweh and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.

This is the day which Yahweh has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

My soul is satisfied as with fatness and richness, And my mouth offers praises with lips of joyful songs.

¶When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches,

“Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not dread; For Yah—Yahweh Himself—is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”

Therefore you will joyously draw water From the springs of salvation.

Yet I will exult in Yahweh; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.

For our heart is glad in Him, Because we trust in His holy name.

I rejoice at Your word, As one who finds much spoil.

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

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.

I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness, Because You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul,

Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous ones, And give thanks for the remembrance of His holy name.

Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and joy are in His place.

For You make him most blessed forever; You make him joyful with gladness in Your presence.

Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, O Yahweh, We have hoped for You eagerly; Your name—the memory of You—is the desire of our souls.

As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God.

Rejoice always;

pray without ceasing;

in everything give thanks, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

¶And my soul shall rejoice in Yahweh; It shall be joyful in His salvation.

For better is a day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”

How blessed are the people who know the loud shout of joy! O Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your face.

In Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Your testimonies also are my delight; They are my counselors.

Let my musing be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall be glad in Yahweh.

How sweet is Your word to my taste! Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

My soul keeps Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.

That I may see the goodness of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may boast with Your inheritance.

rejoicing in hope, persevering in affliction, being devoted to prayer,

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

Yahweh is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.

Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made complete.

For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

My lips will sing for joy when I sing praises to You; And my soul, which You have redeemed.

And these things we are writing, so that our joy may be made complete.

Trouble and anguish have found me, Yet Your commandments are my delight.

How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in Yahweh his God,

How blessed are the people for whom this is so; How blessed are the people for whom God is Yahweh!

Yahweh reigns, let the earth rejoice; Let the many coastlands be glad.

And the ransomed of Yahweh will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, With everlasting gladness upon their heads. They will attain delight and gladness, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Their heart is covered with fat, But I delight in Your law.

A glad heart makes a face look good, But when the heart is pained, the spirit is broken.

“But be joyful and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for joy.

“I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be joyful in My people; And there will no longer be heard in her The voice of weeping and the voice of crying.

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

‘You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.’

Indeed, Yahweh will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her waste places. And her wilderness He will make like Eden, And her desert like the garden of Yahweh; Joy and gladness will be found in her, Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

They are satisfied from the richness of Your house; And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.

And convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,

He who considers the word will find good, And how blessed is he who trusts in Yahweh.

Yahweh has done great things for us; We are glad.

Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.

May Your compassion come to me that I may live, For Your law is my delight.

I long for Your salvation, O Yahweh, And Your law is my delight.

But the lowly will inherit the land And will delight themselves in abundant peace.

And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips will laud You.

You shall multiply the nation, You shall make great their gladness; They will be glad in Your presence As with the gladness of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

¶How blessed is the man who finds wisdom And the man who obtains discernment.

O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness, That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.

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

And they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, For great is the glory of Yahweh.

The law of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You That he would dwell in Your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.

Oh come, let us sing for joy to Yahweh, Let us make a loud shout to the rock of our salvation.

“For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who wander in their heart, And they do not know My ways.

“Therefore I swore in My anger, They shall never enter into My rest.”

Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, Let us make a loud shout to Him with songs of praise.

But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

And you also, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.

Boast in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh be glad.

My soul has longed and even fainted for the courts of Yahweh; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Those who love Your law have much peace, And nothing causes them to stumble.

¶Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him, The salvation of my presence and my God.

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