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 myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

Your words were found and I ate them. And Your word became to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by Your name, O  Lord God of Hosts.

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

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

You will show me the path of life. In Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful 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 with ornaments, 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 in His law he meditates day and night.

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

Hannah prayed, saying: “My heart rejoices in the Lord; my horn is exalted in the Lord. My mouth is bold against my enemies, because I rejoice in Your salvation.

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet drink, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord. 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: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple.

They captured unassailable cities and a fertile land. They possessed houses full of all goods, wells dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance, so they ate, were filled, and became fat, and they indulged 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 delight yourself in the Lord, and I will cause you to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed you with the inheritance of Jacob your father. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.

Lead me in the path of Your commandments, for therein do I delight.

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

for then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face unto God.

If Your law had not been my delight, I would then have perished in my affliction.

In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.

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

Why do you spend 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 let your soul delight itself in abundance.

Thus says the Lord to this people: Even so they have loved to wander; they have not restrained their feet. Therefore, the Lord does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish their sins.

then I was beside Him, like a master workman, and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always in His presence,rejoicing in His inhabited world and delighting in the sons of men.

Who is a God like You, bearing iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of His inheritance? He does not remain angry forever, because He delights in benevolence.

I will take delight in Your commandments, which I love.

Your testimonies have I taken as my heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

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

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

The steps of a man are made firm by the Lord when He delights in his way.

whom, having not seen, you love; and in whom, though you do not see Him now, you believe and you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory,

I have spoken these things to you, that My joy may remain 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 through Your work; I will sing joyfully at the works of Your hands.

Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with singing.

For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the meek 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 renew you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.

I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; and shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!

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

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.When I remember You upon my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches,

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song; He also has become my salvation.Therefore with joy you shall draw water out of the wells of salvation.

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

For our heart will rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name.

I rejoice at Your word like one who finds great spoil.

Furthermore, 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 it is reassuring for you.

I will be glad and rejoice in Your lovingkindness, for You have seen my trouble; You have known my soul in adversities,

Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name!

Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy are in His place.

For You have made him most blessed forever; You have made him glad with the joy of Your presence.

In the way of Your judgments, O  Lord, we have waited for You eagerly; the desire of our souls is Your name, even Your memory.

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O God.

Rejoice always.Pray without ceasing.In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Then my soul shall rejoice in the Lord; it shall rejoice in His salvation.

For a day in Your courtyards 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 that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

Blessed are the people who know the joyful shout. They walk, O  Lord, in the light of Your countenance.In Your name they rejoice all day long, and in Your righteousness they are exalted.

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

Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.

May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the Lord.

How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

My soul keeps Your testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.

that I may see 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 suffering, persevere in prayer,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith,

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I was helped; therefore my heart rejoices, and with my song I will thank 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 fills the hungry soul with goodness.

My lips will greatly rejoice when I sing to You, and my soul, which You have redeemed.

We are writing these things to you so that our joy may be complete.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me, but Your commandments are my delight.

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

Blessed are the people who are in such a state; blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.

The Lord reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be joyful!

and the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Their heart is insensitive, like fat, but I delight in Your law.

A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing, and her people for joy.I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; and the voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

You have turned my mourning into dancing; You have taken off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

The thief does not come, except to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy with Your presence.’

For the Lord shall comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found in it, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

They will drink their fill from the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.

Having this confidence, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all for your joyful advancement of the faith,

He who wisely heeds a word will find good, and he who trusts in the Lord, happy is he.

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

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and with the harp I will praise You, O God, my God.

Let Your tender mercies 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 shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You.

You have multiplied the nation and increased the joy; they rejoice before You according to the joy of harvest and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

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

Satisfy us in the early morning with Your mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

for You have been my help. Therefore in the shadow of Your wings will I rejoice.

For the kingdom of God does not mean eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Yes, 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 man You choose and allow to approach You, that he may dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.

O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us shout joyfully 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 do not know My ways.”Therefore I swore in My wrath, “They shall not enter My rest.”Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms!

Yes, and even if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I take delight and rejoice with you all.For this reason you also take delight and rejoice with me.

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

My soul longs and even yearns for the courtyards of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Great peace have those who love Your law; nothing causes them to stumble.

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God.

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