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.

“He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”

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

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul 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 like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and 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.

Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!

And Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my horn is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.

And they captured fortified cities and a rich land, and took possession of houses full of all good things, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

then you shall take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, 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.

For 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 affliction.

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 legs of a man,

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

Thus says the Lord concerning this people: “They have loved to wander thus; 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 workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always,rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of man.

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.

for I find my delight in your commandments, which I love.

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

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

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

The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way;

Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,

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

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.

Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!

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

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

In the way of your testimonies I delight 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 will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night;

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and 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 take joy 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 like one who finds great spoil.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

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

I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul,

Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous, and give thanks to 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 glad with the joy of your presence.

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

As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul 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 will rejoice in the Lord, exulting in his salvation.

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 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 written in heaven.”

Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face, who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted.

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

Your testimonies 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 testimonies; I love them exceedingly.

that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

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

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

Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

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

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

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

Trouble and anguish have found me out, 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 to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

The Lord reigns, 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 gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

their heart is unfeeling like fat, but I delight in your law.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.

But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy, and her people to be a gladness.I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress.

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed 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 paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

For the Lord comforts Zion; he comforts all her waste places and makes 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.

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

Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.

The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad.

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, 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 peace.

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 they are glad when they divide the spoil.

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,

Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

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

and 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.

Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple!

Oh 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 who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways.” Therefore I swore in my wrath, “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!

Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.Likewise you also 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, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and 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 in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

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