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 shall delight in Your statutes; I shall not forget Your word.

Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts.

“Commit yourself to the Lord; let Him deliver him; Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”

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

You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, My soul will exult in my God; For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, 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! How blessed is the man who fears the Lord, Who greatly delights in His commandments.

Then Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; My horn is exalted in the Lord, My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation.

Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall 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 meditate in His temple.

They captured fortified cities and a fertile land. They took possession of houses full of every good thing, Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves, Fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled and grew fat, And reveled in Your great goodness.

O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

Then you will take delight in the Lord, And I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

Make me walk 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 in the Almighty And lift up your face to God.

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

When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul.

He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.

Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance.

Thus says the Lord to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander; they have not kept their feet in check. Therefore the Lord does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and call their sins to account.”

Then I was beside Him, as a master workman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him,Rejoicing in the world, His earth, And having my delight in the sons of men.

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love.

I shall delight in Your commandments, Which I love.

I have inherited Your testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart.

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

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, And He delights in his way.

and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

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

You are my hiding place and my shield; I wait for Your word.

For You, O Lord, have made me glad by what You have done, I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing.

For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation.

The Lord your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.

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 which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.When I remember You on 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 song, And He has become my salvation.”Therefore you will joyously draw water From the springs of salvation.

Yet I will exult in the Lord, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.

For our heart rejoices in Him, Because we trust in His holy name.

I rejoice at Your word, As one who finds great spoil.

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

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.

I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness, Because You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul,

Be glad in the Lord, you righteous ones, 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 joyful with gladness in Your presence.

Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, O Lord, We have waited for You eagerly; Your name, even Your memory, is the desire of our souls.

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 God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

And my soul shall rejoice in the Lord; It shall exult in His salvation.

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of 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 recorded in heaven.”

How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O Lord, they walk in the light of Your countenance.In Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

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

Your testimonies also are my delight; They are my counselors.

Let my meditation be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall be glad in the Lord.

How sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes, 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.

rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,

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

The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.

Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.

For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

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

These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete.

Trouble and anguish have come upon me, Yet Your commandments are my delight.

How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

How blessed are the people who are so situated; How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice; Let the many islands be glad.

And the ransomed of the Lord will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, With everlasting joy upon their heads. They will find gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Their heart is covered with fat, But I delight in Your law.

A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for gladness.I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; And there will no longer be heard in her The voice of weeping and the sound of crying.

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have loosed my sackcloth and girded 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 ways of life; You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.’

Indeed, the Lord will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her waste places. And her wilderness He will make like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the Lord; Joy and gladness will be found in her, Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You give them to drink of 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,

He who gives attention to the word will find 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 upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.

May Your compassion 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 humble will inherit the land And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity.

And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips will praise You.

You shall multiply the nation, You shall increase their gladness; They will be glad in Your presence As with the gladness of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

How blessed is the man who finds wisdom And the man who gains understanding.

O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness, That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

And they will 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.

How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You To dwell in Your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.

O come, let us sing for joy 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 err in their heart, And they do not know My ways.Therefore I swore in My anger, Truly they shall not enter into My rest.”Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.You too, I urge you, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.

Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the Lord be glad.

My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Those who love Your law have great peace, And nothing causes them to stumble.

Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.

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