Bible Verses About Delight
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for delight, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 623 votes, led by Psalms 37:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Delight
Psalms 37:4108 votes
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Job 22:23-2646 votes
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Psalms 37:1146 votes
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalms 1:245 votes
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Zephaniah 3:1743 votes
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Psalms 18:1935 votes
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Psalms 43:3-526 votes
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Jeremiah 9:2426 votes
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Isaiah 42:124 votes
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Psalms 37:10-1120 votes
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
Isaiah 58:1417 votes
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Deuteronomy 14:22-2916 votes
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
Psalms 119:92-9315 votes
Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
Micah 7:1814 votes
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Malachi 3:1-1814 votes
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Luke 15:1014 votes
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
Psalms 40:6-813 votes
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Psalms 40:812 votes
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Psalms 119:14-1612 votes
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
Psalms 119:2412 votes
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Isaiah 58:13-1412 votes
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Matthew 6:2412 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Psalms 51:15-1711 votes
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
Isaiah 61:110 votes
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Luke 14:12-1410 votes
Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
What does the Bible say about delight?
Readers most often cite Psalms 37:4 on the subject of delight. Across 623 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Job 22:23-26, Psalms 37:11, Psalms 1:2. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.