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 your word.

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.

“Commit your cause to the Lord; let him deliver— let him rescue the one in whom he delights!”

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.

You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my whole being shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”

but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night.

Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly delight in his commandments.

Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exalted in my God. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in my victory.

Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions of them to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

One thing I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.

And they captured fortress cities and a rich land, and took possession of houses filled with all sorts of goods, hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive orchards, and fruit trees in abundance; so they ate, and were filled and became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in him.

then you shall take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Jacob, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

Lead me 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.

then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God.

If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my misery.

When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.

His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner;

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.

Thus says the Lord concerning this people: Truly they have loved to wander, they have not restrained their feet; therefore the Lord does not accept them, now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.

then I was beside him, like a master worker; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always,

rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the human race.

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of your possession? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in showing clemency.

I find my delight in your commandments, because I love them.

Your decrees are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.

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

the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eyes;

Our steps are made firm by the Lord, when he delights in our way;

Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

I have said these things 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 hope in your word.

For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing.

For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with victory.

The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing

I delight in the way of your decrees as much as in all riches.

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

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

My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips

when I think of you on my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night;

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid, for the Lord God is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation.

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the God of my salvation.

Our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.

I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil.

But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not troublesome to me, and for you it is a safeguard.

I will exult and rejoice in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have taken heed of my adversities,

Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!

Honor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his place.

You bestow on him blessings forever; you make him glad with the joy of your presence.

In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and your renown are the soul's desire.

As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.

Rejoice always,

pray without ceasing,

give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Then my soul shall rejoice in the Lord, exulting in his deliverance.

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness.

Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

Happy are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance;

they exult in your name all day long, and extol your righteousness.

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

Your decrees are my delight, they are my counselors.

May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.

How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

My soul keeps your decrees; I love them exceedingly.

that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory in your heritage.

Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.

By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,

The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

For he satisfies the thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things.

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have rescued.

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

Trouble and anguish have come upon me, but your commandments are my delight.

Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God,

Happy are the people to whom such blessings fall; happy are the people whose God is the Lord.

The Lord is king! Let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Their hearts are fat and gross, but I delight in your law.

A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight.

I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and delight in my people; no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it, or the cry of distress.

You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

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.’

For the Lord will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places, and will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song.

They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

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

Those who are attentive to a matter will prosper, and happy are those who trust in the Lord.

The Lord has done great things for us, and we rejoiced.

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God.

Let your mercy come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.

I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight.

But the meek shall inherit the land, and delight themselves in abundant prosperity.

and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.

You have multiplied the nation, you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as people exult when dividing plunder.

Happy are those who find wisdom, and those who get understanding,

Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, so that we may rejoice 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 food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

They shall sing of 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 gold and silver pieces.

Happy are those whom you choose and bring near to live in your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.

O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

For forty years I loathed that generation and said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they do not regard my ways.”

Therefore in my anger I swore, “They shall not enter my rest.”

Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

But even if I am being poured out as a libation over the sacrifice and the offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you—

and in the same way you also must be glad and rejoice with me.

Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.

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