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 discovered your words and I consumed them. And your word became to me as the gladness and joy of my heart. For your name has been invoked over me, O Lord, the God of hosts.

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

They have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. They have cast their eyes down to the earth.

I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, and my soul will exult in my God. For he has clothed me with the vestments of salvation, and he has wrapped me in the clothing of justice, like a groom arrayed with a crown, and like a bride adorned with her jewels.

There is no health in my flesh before the face of your wrath. There is no peace for my bones before the face of my sins.

All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.

But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night.

Alleluia. Praise the Lord, children. Praise the name of the Lord.

"My heart exults in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies. For I have rejoiced in your salvation.

And he said to them: "Go, eat fat foods and drink sweet drinks, and send portions to those who have not prepared for themselves. For it is the holy day of the Lord. And do not be sad. For the joy of the Lord is also our strength."

Give to them according to their works and according to the wickedness of their inventions. Assign to them according to the works of their hands. Repay them with their own retribution.

And so they seized fortified cities and fat soil. And they possessed houses filled with all kinds of goods, cisterns made by others, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. And they ate and were satisfied. And they were fattened, and they abounded with delights from your great goodness.

Let the snare, of which he is ignorant, come upon him, and let the deception, which he has hidden, take hold of him: and may he fall into that very snare.

then you will find delight in the Lord, and I will take you up, above the heights of the earth, and I will nourish you with the inheritance of Jacob, your father. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

I will confess to you, Lord, with my whole heart. I will recount all your wonders.

Then will you flock together in delight over the Almighty, and you will lift up your face to God.

Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and expend your labor for what does not satisfy? Listen very closely to me, and eat what is good, and then your soul will be delighted by a full measure.

Thus says the Lord to this people, who have loved to move their feet, and who have not rested, but who have not pleased the Lord: "Now he will remember their iniquities, and now he will visit against their sins."

I was with him in composing all things. And I was delighted, throughout every day, by playing in his sight at all times,playing in globe of the earth. And my delight was to be with the sons of men.

What God is like you, who takes away iniquity and passes over the sin of the remnant of your inheritance? No longer will he send forth his fury, because he is willing to be merciful.

So may the God of hope fill you with every joy and with peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope and in the virtue of the Holy Spirit.

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God.

Be attentive to my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.

For though you have not seen him, you love him. In him also, though you do not see him, you now believe. And in believing, you shall exult with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

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

My throne is prepared from of old. You are from everlasting.

And I will have understanding within the immaculate way, when you will draw near to me. I wandered about in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

For the Lord is well pleased with his people, and he will exalt the meek unto salvation.

The Lord your God is the strength in your midst; he will save. He will rejoice over you with gladness. In his love, he will be silent. He will exult over you with praise.

But the counsel of the Lord remains for eternity, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

For your testimonies are also my meditation, and your justifications are my counsel.

so that they may shoot arrows from hiding at the immaculate.They will suddenly shoot arrows at him, and they will not be afraid. They are resolute in their wicked talk. They have discussed hidden snares. They have said, "Who will see them?"

Behold, God is my savior, I will act faithfully, and I will not be afraid. For the Lord is my strength and my praise, and he has become my salvation."You will draw water with gladness from the fountains of the Savior.

But I will rejoice in the Lord; and I will exult in God my Jesus.

The Lord preserves all of their bones, not one of them shall be broken.

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

Concerning other things, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is certainly not tiresome for me to write the same things to you, but for you, it is not necessary.

You are my refuge from the tribulation that has surrounded me. You are my exultation: rescue me from those who are surrounding me.

Confession and magnificence are before him. Strength and gladness are in his place.

They cried out to you, and they were saved. In you, they hoped and were not confounded.

And in the path of your judgments, O Lord, we have endured for you. Your name and your remembrance are the desire of the soul.

A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and discern my cause from that of a nation not holy; rescue me from a man unjust and deceitful.

Rejoice always.Pray without ceasing.Give thanks in everything. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for all of you.

They will be inebriated with the fruitfulness of your house, and you will give them to drink from the torrent of your enjoyment.

So then, truly his salvation is near to those who fear him, so that glory may inhabit our land.

Yet truly, do not choose to rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

We have been rejoicing, because of the days in which you humbled us, because of the years in which we saw evils.Look down upon your servants and upon their works, and direct their sons.

And so shall the peace of God, which exceeds all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, of which there was no number.

They were hungry, and they were thirsty. Their soul fainted within them.

in hope, rejoicing; in tribulation, enduring; in prayer, ever-willing;

But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance,

The voice of the Lord cuts through the flame of fire.

Until now, you have not requested anything in my name. Ask, and you shall receive, so that your joy may be full.

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the supporter of my head. Judah is my king.

And this we write to you, so that you may rejoice, and so that your joy may be full.

Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. And of his wisdom, there is no number.

O Lord, all eyes hope in you, and you provide their food in due time.

A Psalm of David himself. Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has performed wonders. His right hand has accomplished salvation for him, with his holy arm.

And the redeemed of the Lord will be converted, and they will return to Zion with praising. And everlasting joy will be upon their heads. They will obtain gladness and rejoicing. For pain and sorrow will flee away.

A rejoicing heart gladdens the face. But by the grief of the soul, the spirit is cast down.

But you will be glad and exult, even forever, in these things that I create. For behold, I create Jerusalem as an exultation, and its people as a joy.And I will exult in Jerusalem, and I will rejoice in my people. And neither a voice of weeping, nor a voice of outcry, will be heard in her anymore.

For my life has fallen into sorrow, and my years into sighing. My virtue has been weakened in poverty, and my bones have been disturbed.

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

You have made known to me the ways of life. You will completely fill me with happiness by your presence.'

Therefore, the Lord will console Zion, and he will console all its ruins. And he will turn her desert into a place of delights, and her wilderness into a garden of the Lord. Gladness and rejoicing will be found in her, thanksgiving and a voice of praise.

Cease from wrath and leave behind rage. Do not choose to imitate the malicious.

And having this confidence, I know that I shall remain and that I shall continue to remain with all of you, for your advancement and for your joy in the faith,

The learned in word shall find good things. And whoever hopes in the Lord is blessed.

Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.

For they did not take possession of the land by their sword, and their own arm did not save them. But your right hand and your arm, and the light of your countenance did so, because you were pleased with them.

My heart has been disturbed. My strength has abandoned me, and the light of my eyes has abandoned me, and it is not with me.

And my spirit leaps for joy in God my Saviour.

You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant, from a multitude of workers of iniquity.

You have increased the nation, but you have not increased the rejoicing. They will rejoice before you, like those who rejoice at the harvest, like the victorious exulting after capturing the prey, when they divide the spoils.

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom and who advances to prudence.

Because he has hoped in me, I will free him. I will protect him because he has known my name.

They have been searching carefully for iniquities. Their exhaustive search has failed. Man will approach with a deep heart,

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit.

Behold, O Lord, you have known all things: the newest and the very old. You have formed me, and you have placed your hand over me.

Let all the earth adore you and sing psalms to you. May it sing a psalm to your name.

A Canticle of David himself, when the house was built after the captivity. Sing to the Lord a new song. Sing to the Lord, all the earth.Say among the Gentiles: The Lord has reigned. For he has even corrected the whole world, which will not be shaken. He will judge the peoples with fairness.Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth exult; let the sea and all its fullness be moved.The fields and all the things that are in them will be glad. Then all the trees of the forest will rejoicebefore the face of the Lord: for he arrives. For he arrives to judge the earth. He will judge the whole world with fairness and the peoples with his truth.Sing to the Lord and bless his name. Announce his salvation from day to day.

Moreover, if I am to be immolated because of the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and give thanks with all of you.And over this same thing, you also should rejoice and give thanks, together with me.

Praise his holy name! Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

O Lord, you have blessed your land. You have turned aside the captivity of Jacob.

You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.

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