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.

In thy laws I will delight: I will not forget thy word.

Thy words were found, and eating them; and thy word will be to me for the gladness and for the joy of my heart: for thy name was called upon me, Jehovah the God of armies.

He rolled upon Jehovah, he will deliver him: he will deliver him for he delighted in him.

Rejoice in the Lord always: again say I, Do ye rejoice.

Thou wilt cause me to know the way of life: abundance of joys with thy face; favors in thy right hand forever.

Rejoicing, I will rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall exult in my God, for he put upon me the garments of salvation, and he clothed me with a robe of justice, as a bridegroom will be a priest with a turban, and as a bride will be adorned with her dress.

And delight thyself upon Jehovah, and he shall give to thee the petitions of thy heart

To do thine acceptance, O my God, I delighted; and thy law in the midst of my bowels.

But his delight is in the law of Jehovah, and in his law he will meditate day and night

Praise ye Jah. Happy the man fearing Jehovah, delighting greatly in his commands..

And Hannah will pray and say, My heart rejoiced in Jehovah, my horn was lifted up in Jehovah; my mouth was enlarged over mine enemies; for I was glad in thy salvation.

And he will say to them, Go ye; eat fatnesses, and drink sweetnesses, and send portions to him for whom nothing was prepared: for the day is holy to our Lord: and ye shall not grieve, for the joy of Jehovah this is your strength.

I asked one from Jehovah, I will seek it; I sat in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to look upon the sweetness of Jehovah, and to inquire in his temple.

And they will take inaccessible cities, and a fat land, and they will inherit houses full of all good, and wells hewed out, vineyards and olive trees, and the tree of food for abundance: and they will eat and be filled, and be fat, and will live delicately in thy great goodness.

Taste ye and see that Jehovah is good: happy the man who shall put his trust in him.

Then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah, and I caused thee to ride upon the heights of the earth, and I caused thee to eat the inheritance of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah spake.

Cause me to tread in the beaten path of thy commands, for I delighted in it

I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will play on the harp to thy name, O Most High.

For then upon the Almighty shalt thou delight thyself, and thou shalt lift up thy face to God.

Unless thy law was my delight I perished in mine affliction.

In the multitude of my thoughts in my midst thy consolations will delight my soul.

He will not delight in the strength of the horse: he will not be pleased in the legs of a man.

Wherefore will ye weigh silver without bread? and your labour not for fulness? hearing, hear ye to me, and eat good, and your soul shall delight in fatness.

Thus said Jehovah to this people, Thus they loved to wander, they restrained not their feet, and Jehovah accepted them not; now will he remember their iniquity and he will review their sin.

And I shall be near him the builder, and I shall be a delight of day, day, smiling before him in all timeSmiling in the habitable globe of his earth; and my delight with the sons of man.

Who is God as thee, lifting up iniquity and passing by transgression to the remnant of his inheritance? he held not his anger forever for he delighted in mercy.

I will delight myself in thy commands which I loved.

I inherited thy testimonies forever: for they are the joy of my heart.

And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, for you to abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

The mandates of Jehovah are straight, rejoicing the heart: the command of Jehovah pure, enlightening the eyes.

From Jehovah the steps of a man were prepared, and he will delight in his way.

Whom not having seen, ye love; in whom, now not seeing, but believing, ye are transported with joy unalterable, and highly valued:

These things have I spoken to you, that my joy might remain in you, and your joy might be completed.

Thou my hiding and my shield: I hoped for thy word.

For thou didst gladden me, O Jehovah, by thy work: I will rejoice in the works of thy hands.

Serve ye Jehovah with gladness: come before him with rejoicing.

For Jehovah delighted in his people: he will adorn the humble in salvation.

Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee: the strong one will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will be silent in his love, he will exult over thee with rejoicing.

In the way of thy testimonies I rejoiced as by all riches.

Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye just: and shout for joy, all ye upright of heart.

This the day Jehovah made, we will rejoice and be glad in it

As milk and fatness my soul shall be satisfied; and with rejoicing lips shall my mouth praise.When I remembered thee upon my bed in the watches, I will meditate upon thee.

Behold God my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid: for my strength and song is Jah Jehovah, and he will be to me for salvation.Ye drew water with gladness from the fountains of salvation.

I will exult in Jehovah, I will rejoice in the God saving me.

For in him our heart shall rejoice, for in his holy name we trusted.

I rejoice at thy word as he finding much spoil.

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

As to the rest, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me is not slothful, and to you safe.

I will rejoice and be glad in thy mercy, for thou sawest mine affliction; thou knewest my soul in straits;

Be glad ye just, in Jehovah, and praise him at the remembrance of his holiness.

Glory and honor before his face; strength and joy in his place.

For thou wilt set him praises forever: thou wilt make him glad in joy with thy face.

Also the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, we hoped for thee; to thy name and to thy remembrance is the desire of the soul.

To the overseer instructing for the sons of Borah. As the stag will long for the channels of waters, thus will my soul long for thee, O God.

Rejoice always.Pray continually.In every thing return thanks: for this the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

And my soul shall rejoice in Jehovah: it shall be glad in his salvation.

For good a day in thine enclosures above a thousand. I chose to wait on the threshold in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tents of injustice.

But in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice, that your names were written in the heavens.

Happy the people knowing the shout of joy: O Jehovah, they shall go in the light of thy face.In thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted.

And the peace of God, surpassing all understanding, shall watch your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Also thy testimonies my delight, the men of my counsel.

My meditating upon him shall be sweet: I will rejoice in Jehovah.

How smooth were thy words to my palate I more than honey to my mouth!

My soul watched thy testimonies, and loved them greatly.

To see the goodness of thy chosen ones, to be glad in the gladness of thy nation, to boast with thine inheritance.

Rejoicing in hope; holding out under pressure; persevering in prayer;

And the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

Jehovah my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusted, and I was helped: and my heart will exult, and from my song will I praise him.

Until now ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy might be completed.

For he satisfied the thirsty soul, and the hungering soul he filled with good.

My lips shall rejoice when I shall play on the harp to thee, and my soul which thou redeemedst.

And these we write to you, that your joy might be filled up.

Straits and distress found me: thy commands my delight

Happy is he the God of Jacob for his help, his hope upon Jehovah his God:

Happy the people thus and thus to him: happy the people Jehovah his God.

Jehovah reigned, the earth shall exult: the many islands shall be glad.

And the ransomed of Jehovah shall turn back and come to Zion with a shout of joy and eternal joy upon their heads: and they shall attain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Their heart was fat as fatness; I delighted in thy law.

A heart of joy will do the face good: and by pains of heart the spirit was dejected.

But be ye glad and rejoice even forever, for what I create: for behold me creating Jerusalem a joy, and her people a rejoicing.And I rejoiced in Jerusalem, and was glad in my people; and the voice of weeping shall no more be heard in her, and the voice of crying.

Thou didst turn my wailing to dancing to me: thou didst loose my sackcloth, and thou wilt gird me with gladness;

The thief comes not, except that he steal, and sacrifice, and destroy: I came that they might have life, and have above measure.

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with gladness with thy face.

For Jehovah comforted Zion: he comforted all her wastes, and he will set her desert as Eden, and her sterile region as the garden of Jehovah; joy and gladness shall be found in her confession, and the voice of song.

They shall satiate from the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt give them to drink the torrent of thy delights.

And confident in this, I know that I shall remain, and shall remain near together with you all for your advancement and joy of faith:

He understanding in the word shall find good: and he trusting in Jehovah, he being happy.

Jehovah magnified to do with us; we were made glad.

I will come to the altar of God, to God the gladness of my joy: and I will praise thee upon the harp, O God, my God.

Thy compassion shall come to me and I shall live, for thy law is my delight

I longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and thy law is my delight

And the humble shall inherit the earth, and they delighted themselves for the multitude of peace.

And my Spirit rejoiced in God my Saviour.

For thy mercy was good more than life; my lips shall praise thee.

Thou didst multiply the nation, thou didst not increase the joy: they rejoiced before thee according to the joy in harvest as they will exalt in their dividing the spoil.

Happy the man finding wisdom; and the man shall bring forth understanding.

Satisfy us in the morning with thy mercy, and we shall rejoice and be glad in all our days.

For thou wert a help to me, and in the shadow of thy wings I will rejoice.

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

And they shall sing in the ways of Jehovah: for great the glory of Jehovah.

Good for me the law of thy mouth above thousands of gold and silver.

Happy him thou wilt choose, and thou wilt draw near; he shall dwell in thy enclosures: we shall be satisfied in the good of thy house; holy is thy temple.

Come, we will rejoice to Jehovah: we will shout to the Rock saving us.We will anticipate his face with confession, with music we will shout to him.

But if also I am poured out upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice together with you all.And do ye also rejoice at the same, and rejoice together with me.

praise ye in his holy name: the heart of those seeking Jehovah shall rejoice.

My soul longed after, and also failed for the enclosures of Jehovah: my heart and my flesh will rejoice for the living God.

Much peace to those loving thy law, and no stumbling-block to them.

Why wilt thou be bowed down, O my soul? and why wilt thou be disturbed upon me? hope upon God, for yet shall I praise him, the salvation of my face, and my God.

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