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. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O Lord God of Hosts.

“He trusts in the Lord, let the Lord deliver him; let the Lord rescue him, since He delights in him.”

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Delight yourself 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 his delight is in the Law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night.

Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in His commandments.

At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the Lord in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.

Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

One thing I have asked of the Lord; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and seek Him in His temple.

They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.

Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

then you will delight yourself in the Lord, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.

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

Surely 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 anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.

He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legpower of the man.

Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

This is what the Lord says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the Lord does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and call their sins to account.”

Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

I delight in Your commandments because I love them.

Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The precepts of the Lord are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

The steps of a man are ordered by the Lord who takes delight in his journey.

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.

For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

Serve the Lord with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.

For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.

The Lord your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.

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

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

My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the Lord GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,

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

For our hearts rejoice in Him, since we trust in His holy name.

I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.

Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

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

I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.

Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.

Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy fill His dwelling.

For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.

Yes, we wait for You, O Lord; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

Rejoice at all times.Pray without ceasing.Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord and exult in His salvation.

For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

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

Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O Lord, in the light of Your presence.They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

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

Your testimonies are indeed 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 in my mouth!

I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.

that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in 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 in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.

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 fills the hungry with good things.

When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.

We write these things so that our joy may be complete.

Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.

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

Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.

The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the distant shores be glad.

So the redeemed of the Lord will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.

A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.

You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’

For the Lord will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

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

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

Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.

The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, 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 Lord, and Your law is my delight.

But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.

and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!

Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.

You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,

Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.

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

They will sing of the ways of the Lord, for the glory of the Lord is great.

The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.

But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

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

My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

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