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 enjoy obeying your demands, and I will not forget your word.

Your words came to me, and I listened carefully to them. Your words made me very happy, because I am called by your name, Lord God All-Powerful.

They say, “Turn to the Lord for help. Maybe he will save you. If he likes you, maybe he will rescue you.”

Be full of joy in the Lord always. I will say again, be full of joy.

You will teach me how to live a holy life. Being with you will fill me with joy; at your right hand I will find pleasure forever.

The Lord makes me very happy; all that I am rejoices in my God. He has covered me with clothes of salvation and wrapped me with a coat of goodness, like a bridegroom dressed for his wedding, like a bride dressed in jewels.

Enjoy serving the Lord, and he will give you what you want.

My God, I want to do what you want. Your teachings are in my heart.”

They love the Lord’s teachings, and they think about those teachings day and night.

Praise the Lord! Happy are those who respect the Lord, who want what he commands.

Hannah prayed: “The Lord has filled my heart with joy; I feel very strong in the Lord. I can laugh at my enemies; I am glad because you have helped me!

Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy good food and sweet drinks. Send some to people who have none, because today is a holy day to the Lord. Don’t be sad, because the joy of the Lord will make you strong.”

I ask only one thing from the Lord. This is what I want: Let me live in the Lord’s house all my life. Let me see the Lord’s beauty and look with my own eyes at his Temple.

They captured strong, walled cities and fertile land. They took over houses full of good things, wells that were already dug, vineyards, olive trees, and many fruit trees. They ate until they were full and grew fat; they enjoyed your great goodness.

Examine and see how good the Lord is. Happy is the person who trusts him.

Then you will find joy in the Lord, and I will carry you to the high places above the earth. I will let you eat the crops of the land your ancestor Jacob had.” The Lord has said these things.

Lead me in the path of your commands, because that makes me happy.

I will be happy because of you; God Most High, I will sing praises to your name.

You will find pleasure in the Almighty, and you will look up to him.

If I had not loved your teachings, I would have died from my sufferings.

I was very worried, but you comforted me and made me happy.

He is not impressed with the strength of a horse or with human might.

Why spend your money on something that is not real food? Why work for something that doesn’t really satisfy you? Listen closely to me, and you will eat what is good; your soul will enjoy the rich food that satisfies.

This is what the Lord says about the people of Judah: “They really love to wander from me; they don’t stop themselves from leaving me. So now the Lord will not accept them. He will now remember the evil they do and will punish them for their sins.”

I was like a child by his side. I was delighted every day, enjoying his presence all the time,enjoying the whole world, and delighted with all its people.

There is no God like you. You forgive those who are guilty of sin; you don’t look at the sins of your people who are left alive. You will not stay angry forever, because you enjoy being kind.

I enjoy obeying your commands, which I love.

I will follow your rules forever, because they make me happy.

I pray that the God who gives hope will fill you with much joy and peace while you trust in him. Then your hope will overflow by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The orders of the Lord are right; they make people happy. The commands of the Lord are pure; they light up the way.

When people’s steps follow the Lord, God is pleased with their ways.

You have not seen Christ, but still you love him. You cannot see him now, but you believe in him. So you are filled with a joy that cannot be explained, a joy full of glory.

I have told you these things so that you can have the same joy I have and so that your joy will be the fullest possible joy.

You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.

Lord, you have made me happy by what you have done; I will sing for joy about what your hands have done.

Serve the Lord with joy; come before him with singing.

The Lord is pleased with his people; he saves the humble.

The Lord your God is with you; the mighty One will save you. He will rejoice over you. You will rest in his love; he will sing and be joyful about you.”

I enjoy living by your rules as people enjoy great riches.

Good people, rejoice and be happy in the Lord. Sing all you whose hearts are right.

This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad today!

I will be content as if I had eaten the best foods. My lips will sing, and my mouth will praise you.I remember you while I’m lying in bed; I think about you through the night.

God is the one who saves me; I will trust him and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord gives me strength and makes me sing. He has saved me.”You will receive your salvation with joy as you would draw water from a well.

But I will still be glad in the Lord; I will rejoice in God my Savior.

We rejoice in him, because we trust his holy name.

I am as happy over your promises as if I had found a great treasure.

And not only that, but now we are also very happy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we are now God’s friends again.

My brothers and sisters, be full of joy in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it will help you to be more ready.

I will be glad and rejoice in your love, because you saw my suffering; you knew my troubles.

Rejoice in the Lord, you who do right. Praise his holy name.

He has glory and majesty; he has power and joy in his Temple.

You always gave him blessings; you made him glad because you were with him.

But, Lord, we are waiting for your way of justice. Our souls want to remember you and your name.

As a deer thirsts for streams of water, so I thirst for you, God.

Always be joyful.Pray continually,and give thanks whatever happens. That is what God wants for you in Christ Jesus.

Then I will rejoice in the Lord; I will be happy when he saves me.

One day in the courtyards of your Temple is better than a thousand days anywhere else. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the Temple of my God than live in the homes of the wicked.

But you should not be happy because the spirits obey you but because your names are written in heaven.”

Happy are the people who know how to praise you. Lord, let them live in the light of your presence.In your name they rejoice and continually praise your goodness.

And God’s peace, which is so great we cannot understand it, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Your rules give me pleasure; they give me good advice.

May my thoughts please him; I am happy in the Lord.

Your promises are sweet to me, sweeter than honey in my mouth!

I obey your rules, and I love them very much.

Let me see the good things you do for your chosen people. Let me be happy along with your happy nation; let me join your own people in praising you.

Be joyful because you have hope. Be patient when trouble comes, and pray at all times.

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

The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust him, and he helps me. I am very happy, and I praise him with my song.

Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy will be the fullest possible joy.

He satisfies the thirsty and fills up the hungry.

I will shout for joy when I sing praises to you. You have saved me.

We write this to you so we may be full of joy.

I have had troubles and misery, but I love your commands.

Happy are those who are helped by the God of Jacob. Their hope is in the Lord their God.

Happy are those who are like this; happy are the people whose God is the Lord.

The Lord is king. Let the earth rejoice; faraway lands should be glad.

the people the Lord has freed will return there. They will enter Jerusalem with joy, and their happiness will last forever. Their gladness and joy will fill them completely, and sorrow and sadness will go far away.

Those people have no feelings, but I love your teachings.

Happiness makes a person smile, but sadness can break a person’s spirit.

My people will be happy forever because of the things I will make. I will make a Jerusalem that is full of joy, and I will make her people a delight.Then I will rejoice over Jerusalem and be delighted with my people. There will never again be heard in that city the sounds of crying and sadness.

You changed my sorrow into dancing. You took away my clothes of sadness, and clothed me in happiness.

A thief comes to steal and kill and destroy, but I came to give life—life in all its fullness.

You will teach me how to live a holy life. Being with you will fill me with joy.’

So the Lord will comfort Jerusalem; he will show mercy to those who live in her ruins. He will change her deserts into a garden like Eden; he will make her empty lands like the garden of the Lord. People there will be very happy; they will give thanks and sing songs.

They eat the rich food in your house, and you let them drink from your river of pleasure.

Since I am sure of this, I know I will stay with you to help you grow and have joy in your faith.

Whoever listens to what is taught will succeed, and whoever trusts the Lord will be happy.

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

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God who is my joy and happiness. I will praise you with a harp, God, my God.

Have mercy on me so that I may live. I love your teachings.

I want you to save me, Lord. I love your teachings.

People who are not proud will inherit the land and will enjoy complete peace.

my heart rejoices in God my Savior,

Because your love is better than life, I will praise you.

God, you have caused the nation to grow and made the people happy. And they have shown their happiness to you, like the joy during harvest time, like the joy of people taking what they have won in war.

Happy is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gets understanding.

Fill us with your love every morning. Then we will sing and rejoice all our lives.

You are my help. Because of your protection, I sing.

In the kingdom of God, eating and drinking are not important. The important things are living right with God, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

They will sing about what the Lord has done, because the Lord’s glory is great.

Your teachings are worth more to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

Happy are the people you choose and invite to stay in your court. We are filled with good things in your house, your holy Temple.

Come, let’s sing for joy to the Lord. Let’s shout praises to the Rock who saves us.I was angry with those people for forty years. I said, ‘They are not loyal to me and have not understood my ways.’I was angry and made a promise, ‘They will never enter my rest.’ ”Let’s come to him with thanksgiving. Let’s sing songs to him,

Your faith makes you offer your lives as a sacrifice in serving God. If I have to offer my own blood with your sacrifice, I will be happy and full of joy with all of you.You also should be happy and full of joy with me.

Be glad that you are his; let those who seek the Lord be happy.

I want more than anything to be in the courtyards of the Lord’s Temple. My whole being wants to be with the living God.

Those who love your teachings will find true peace, and nothing will defeat them.

Why am I so sad? Why am I so upset? I should put my hope in God and keep praising him, my Savior and my God.

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