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 delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word. GIMEL.

Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy words were unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.

Commit it to Jehovah — let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!

Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.

Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: thy countenance is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with the priestly turban, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

and delight thyself in Jehovah, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

To do thy good pleasure, my God is my delight, and thy law is within my heart.

But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Hallelujah! Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart exulteth in Jehovah, my horn is lifted up in Jehovah; my mouth is opened wide over mine enemies; for I rejoice in thy salvation.

And he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared; for the day is holy to our Lord; and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire of him in his temple.

And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, wells digged, vineyards and olive-gardens, and fruit trees in abundance. And they did eat and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

Taste and see that Jehovah is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him!

then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah, and I will cause thee to ride on the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing forth thy name, O Most High.

Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God

Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man;

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Thus saith Jehovah to this people: Even so have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet; and Jehovah hath no delight in them: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

then I was by him his nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.

Who is a ·God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;

Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

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

The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes;

The steps of a man are established by Jehovah, and he delighteth in his way:

whom, having not seen, ye love; on whom though not now looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and filled with the glory,

I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be full.

Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy work; I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

Serve Jehovah with joy: come before his presence with exultation.

For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people; he beautifieth the meek with salvation.

Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, a mighty one that will save: he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will exult over thee with singing.

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all wealth.

Rejoice in Jehovah, and be glad, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye upright in heart.

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

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

Behold, ·God is my salvation: I will trust, and not be afraid; for Jah, Jehovah, is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation.And with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

For in him shall our heart rejoice, because we have confided in his holy name.

I have joy in thy word as one that findeth great spoil.

And not only that, but we are making our boast in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom now we have received the reconciliation.

For the rest, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord: to write the same things to you, to me is not irksome, and for you safe.

I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul,

Rejoice in Jehovah, ye righteous; and give thanks in remembrance of his holiness.

Majesty and splendour are before him; Strength and gladness in his place.

For thou hast made him to be blessings for ever; thou hast filled him with joy by thy countenance.

Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to thy memorial.

As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God

rejoice always;pray unceasingly;in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus towards you;

And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it shall rejoice in his salvation.

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Yet in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice that your names are written in the heavens.

Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.

and the peace of God, which surpasses every understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts by Christ Jesus.

Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. DALETH.

My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah.

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth!

My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.

That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

As regards hope, rejoicing: as regards tribulation, enduring: as regards prayer, persevering:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,

Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart confided in him, and I was helped: therefore my heart exulteth, and with my song will I praise him.

Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

For he hath satisfied the longing soul and filled the hungry soul with good.

My lips shall exult when I sing psalms unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

And these things write we to you that your joy may be full.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.

Blessed is he who hath the ·God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God

Blessed the people that is in such a case! Blessed the people whose God is Jehovah!

Jehovah reigneth: let the earth be glad, let the many isles rejoice.

And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, I delight in thy law.

A joyful heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

But be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create. For behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.And I will rejoice over Jerusalem, and will joy in my people; and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have it abundantly.

Thou hast made known to me the paths of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance.

For Jehovah shall comfort Zion, he shall comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah: gladness and joy shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of song.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

and having confidence of this, I know that I shall remain and abide along with you all, for your progress and joy in faith;

He that giveth heed to the word shall find good; and whoso confideth in Jehovah, happy is he.

Jehovah hath done great things for us; and we are joyful.

Then will I go unto the altar of God unto the ·God of the gladness of my joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.

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

But the meek shall possess the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of prosperity.

and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.

For thy loving-kindness is better than life: my lips shall praise thee.

Thou hast multiplied the nation, hast increased its joy: they joy before thee like to the joy in harvest; as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Satisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

For thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings will 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 shall sing in the ways of Jehovah, for great is the glory of Jehovah.

The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. YOD.

Blessed is he whom thou choosest and causest to approach: he shall dwell in thy courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, of thy holy temple.

Come, let us sing aloud to Jehovah, let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation;Forty years was I grieved with the generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways;So that I swore in mine anger, that they should not enter into my rest.Let us come before his face with thanksgiving; let us shout aloud unto him with psalms.

But if also I am poured out as a libation on the sacrifice and ministration of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice in common with you all.In like manner do ye also rejoice, and rejoice with me.

Glory in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living ·God

Great peace have they that love thy law, and nothing doth stumble them.

Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

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