Delight

So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your prosperity, as He delighted in that of your fathers,

But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”

Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:

I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.

And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)

Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’

But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.

Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.

The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.

I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.

Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah

Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.

For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.

Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.

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

Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.

Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.

I delight in Your commandments because I love them.

Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law.

May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.

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

Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.

I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.

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

“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.

Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!

Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.

Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.

Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.

A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.

The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.

Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.

For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—

Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”

For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”

If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

…then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.

I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.

I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.

So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

…so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.

But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’

They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.

“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.

“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.

David himself calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?” And the large crowd listened to Him with delight.

He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.

In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.

In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).