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 take pleasure in your laws; your commands I will not forget.

You spoke to me, and I listened to every word. I belong to you, Lord God Almighty, and so your words filled my heart with joy and happiness.

“You relied on the Lord,” they say. “Why doesn't he save you? If the Lord likes you, why doesn't he help you?”

May you always be joyful in your union with the Lord. I say it again: rejoice!

You will show me the path that leads to life; your presence fills me with joy and brings me pleasure forever.

Jerusalem rejoices because of what the Lord has done. She is like a bride dressed for her wedding. God has clothed her with salvation and victory.

Seek your happiness in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desire.

How I love to do your will, my God! I keep your teaching in my heart.”

Instead, they find joy in obeying the Law of the Lord, and they study it day and night.

Praise the Lord! Happy is the person who honors the Lord, who takes pleasure in obeying his commands.

Hannah prayed: “The Lord has filled my heart with joy; how happy I am because of what he has done! I laugh at my enemies; how joyful I am because God has helped me!

Now go home and have a feast. Share your food and wine with those who don't have enough. Today is holy to our Lord, so don't be sad. The joy that the Lord gives you will make you strong.”

I have asked the Lord for one thing; one thing only do I want: to live in the Lord's house all my life, to marvel there at his goodness, and to ask for his guidance.

Your people captured fortified cities, fertile land, houses full of wealth, cisterns already dug, olive trees, fruit trees, and vineyards. They ate all they wanted and grew fat; they enjoyed all the good things you gave them.

Find out for yourself how good the Lord is. Happy are those who find safety with him.

then you will find the joy that comes from serving me. I will make you honored all over the world, and you will enjoy the land I gave to your ancestor, Jacob. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Keep me obedient to your commandments, because in them I find happiness.

I will sing with joy because of you. I will sing praise to you, Almighty God.

Then you will always trust in God and find that he is the source of your joy.

If your law had not been the source of my joy, I would have died from my sufferings.

Whenever I am anxious and worried, you comfort me and make me glad.

His pleasure is not in strong horses, nor his delight in brave soldiers;

Why spend money on what does not satisfy? Why spend your wages and still be hungry? Listen to me and do what I say, and you will enjoy the best food of all.

The Lord says about these people, “They love to run away from me, and they will not control themselves. So I am not pleased with them. I will remember the wrongs they have done and punish them because of their sins.”

I was beside him like an architect, I was his daily source of joy, always happy in his presence—happy with the world and pleased with the human race.

There is no other god like you, O Lord; you forgive the sins of your people who have survived. You do not stay angry forever, but you take pleasure in showing us your constant love.

I find pleasure in obeying your commands, because I love them.

Your commandments are my eternal possession; they are the joy of my heart.

May God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him, so that your hope will continue to grow by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The laws of the Lord are right, and those who obey them are happy. The commands of the Lord are just and give understanding to the mind.

The Lord guides us in the way we should go and protects those who please him.

You love him, although you have not seen him, and you believe in him, although you do not now see him. So you rejoice with a great and glorious joy which words cannot express,

“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

You are my defender and protector; I put my hope in your promise.

Your mighty deeds, O Lord, make me glad; because of what you have done, I sing for joy.

Worship the Lord with joy; come before him with happy songs!

The Lord takes pleasure in his people; he honors the humble with victory.

The Lord your God is with you; his power gives you victory. The Lord will take delight in you, and in his love he will give you new life. He will sing and be joyful over you,

I delight in following your commands more than in having great wealth.

You that are righteous, be glad and rejoice because of what the Lord has done. You that obey him, shout for joy!

This is the day of the Lord's victory; let us be happy, let us celebrate!

My soul will feast and be satisfied, and I will sing glad songs of praise to you.As I lie in bed, I remember you; all night long I think of you,

God is my savior; I will trust him and not be afraid. The Lord gives me power and strength; he is my savior.As fresh water brings joy to the thirsty, so God's people rejoice when he saves them.”

I will still be joyful and glad, because the Lord God is my savior.

We are glad because of him; we trust in his holy name.

How happy I am because of your promises— as happy as someone who finds rich treasure.

But that is not all; we rejoice because of what God has done through our Lord Jesus Christ, who has now made us God's friends.

In conclusion, my friends, be joyful in your union with the Lord. I don't mind repeating what I have written before, and you will be safer if I do so.

I will be glad and rejoice because of your constant love. You see my suffering; you know my trouble.

All you that are righteous be glad because of what the Lord has done! Remember what the holy God has done, and give thanks to him.

Glory and majesty surround him, power and joy fill his Temple.

Your blessings are with him forever, and your presence fills him with joy.

We follow your will and put our hope in you; you are all that we desire.

As a deer longs for a stream of cool water, so I long for you, O God.

Be joyful always,pray at all times,be thankful in all circumstances. This is what God wants from you in your life in union with Christ Jesus.

Then I will be glad because of the Lord; I will be happy because he saved me.

One day spent in your Temple is better than a thousand anywhere else; I would rather stand at the gate of the house of my God than live in the homes of the wicked.

But don't be glad because the evil spirits obey you; rather be glad because your names are written in heaven.”

How happy are the people who worship you with songs, who live in the light of your kindness!Because of you they rejoice all day long, and they praise you for your goodness.

And God's peace, which is far beyond human understanding, will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with Christ Jesus.

Your instructions give me pleasure; they are my advisers.

May he be pleased with my song, for my gladness comes from him.

How sweet is the taste of your instructions— sweeter even than honey!

I obey your teachings; I love them with all my heart.

Let me see the prosperity of your people and share in the happiness of your nation, in the glad pride of those who belong to you.

Let your hope keep you joyful, be patient in your troubles, and pray at all times.

But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

The Lord protects and defends me; I trust in him. He gives me help and makes me glad; I praise him with joyful songs.

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

He satisfies those who are thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

I will shout for joy as I play for you; with my whole being I will sing because you have saved me.

We write this in order that our joy may be complete.

I am filled with trouble and anxiety, but your commandments bring me joy.

Happy are those who have the God of Jacob to help them and who depend on the Lord their God,

Happy is the nation of whom this is true; happy are the people whose God is the Lord!

The Lord is king! Earth, be glad! Rejoice, you islands of the seas!

They will reach Jerusalem with gladness, singing and shouting for joy. They will be happy forever, forever free from sorrow and grief.

They have no understanding, but I find pleasure in your law.

When people are happy, they smile, but when they are sad, they look depressed.

Be glad and rejoice forever in what I create. The new Jerusalem I make will be full of joy, and her people will be happy.I myself will be filled with joy because of Jerusalem and her people. There will be no weeping there, no calling for help.

You have changed my sadness into a joyful dance; you have taken away my sorrow and surrounded me with joy.

The thief comes only in order to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come in order that you might have life—life in all its fullness.

You have shown me the paths that lead to life, and your presence will fill me with joy.’

“I will show compassion to Jerusalem, to all who live in her ruins. Though her land is a desert, I will make it a garden, like the garden I planted in Eden. Joy and gladness will be there, and songs of praise and thanks to me.

We feast on the abundant food you provide; you let us drink from the river of your goodness.

I am sure of this, and so I know that I will stay. I will stay on with you all, to add to your progress and joy in the faith,

Pay attention to what you are taught, and you will be successful; trust in the Lord and you will be happy.

Indeed he did great things for us; how happy we were!

Then I will go to your altar, O God; you are the source of my happiness. I will play my harp and sing praise to you, O God, my God.

Have mercy on me, and I will live because I take pleasure in your law.

How I long for your saving help, O Lord! I find happiness in your law.

but the humble will possess the land and enjoy prosperity and peace.

my soul is glad because of God my Savior,

Your constant love is better than life itself, and so I will praise you.

You have given them great joy, Lord; you have made them happy. They rejoice in what you have done, as people rejoice when they harvest grain or when they divide captured wealth.

Happy is anyone who becomes wise—who comes to have understanding.

Fill us each morning with your constant love, so that we may sing and be glad all our life.

because you have always been my help. In the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.

For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives.

They will sing about what you have done and about your great glory.

The law that you gave means more to me than all the money in the world.

Happy are those whom you choose, whom you bring to live in your sanctuary. We shall be satisfied with the good things of your house, the blessings of your sacred Temple.

Come, let us praise the Lord! Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us!For forty years I was disgusted with those people. I said, ‘How disloyal they are! They refuse to obey my commands.’I was angry and made a solemn promise: ‘You will never enter the land where I would have given you rest.’”Let us come before him with thanksgiving and sing joyful songs of praise.

Perhaps my life's blood is to be poured out like an offering on the sacrifice that your faith offers to God. If that is so, I am glad and share my joy with you all.In the same way, you too must be glad and share your joy with me.

Be glad that we belong to him; let all who worship him rejoice!

How I want to be there! I long to be in the Lord's Temple. With my whole being I sing for joy to the living God.

Those who love your law have perfect security, and there is nothing that can make them fall.

Why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled? I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise him, my savior and my God.

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