10/29/22 DELIGHT VERSES

10/29/22 DELIGHT VERSES

This list could help you find where you are in your relationship with God. It can also show you the benefits of being an actual Christian, as described by Biblical standards.

This is a list of verses (specifically in the KJV), which use the word DELIGHT. I have listed forty plus verses which have obvious application to the Christian experience. These verses relate to the Delight of God, the Delight of Believers, the Delight of Evil Men.

Though these passages have an historical setting, they are applicable to the Christian experience and life.
(I put some verses in context, for clarity) 

DELIGHT 

God's Delight (spoken to Israel in the Exodus)
Numbers 14:8
8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 

God's Delight (spoken to Israel in the Exodus)
Deuteronomy 10:15
15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. 

God's Delight
1 Samuel 15:22
22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 

Delight in God's Word
Psalms 1:2
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 

Delight in the Lord
Psalms 37:4
4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 

Delight in God's Peace
Psalms 37:11
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 

Delight in God's Way
Psalms 37:23
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. 

Delight in Doing God's Will
Psalms 40:8
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. 

Evil Delight (the evil man)
Psalms 62:3-4
3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. 

Delight in the Lord
Psalms 94:19
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. 

Delight in God's Word
Psalms 112:1
1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. 

Delight in the Lord
Psalms 119:16
16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. 

Delight in God's Word
Psalms 119:24
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. 

Delight in God's Word
Psalms 119:35
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. 

Delight in God's Word
Psalms 119:47
47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. 

Delight in God's Word
Psalms 119:69-72
69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. 

Delight in God's Word
Psalms 119:77
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. 

Delight in God's Word
Psalms 119:174
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. 

God's Delight
Psalms 147:7-11
7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Evil Delight
Proverbs 1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Evil Delight
Proverbs 2:11-15
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

God Delights in His Children
Proverbs 3:12
12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

God Delights in Wisdom
Proverbs 8:30
30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

God Delights in Justice
Proverbs 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. 

God Delights in the Righteous
Proverbs 11:20
20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. 

God Delights in Honest People
Proverbs 12:22
22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. 

God Delights in the Prayers of the Upright
Proverbs 15:8
8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Evil Delight
Proverbs 18:2
2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

Evil Delight
Proverbs 19:10
10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Delight in Righteous Leadership
Proverbs 24:23-25
23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

Delight in Disciplined Child
Proverbs 29:17
17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. 

God's Delight is Not In Sacrifice
Isaiah 1:11
11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

God Delights in Jesus
Isaiah 42:1
1 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. 

Delight in God's Blessings
Isaiah 55:2
2 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. 

God Delights in His People
Isaiah 62:4
4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. 

Evil Men Delight in Abominations
Isaiah 66:3
3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

Rebels Do Not Delight in God's Word
Jeremiah 6:10
10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

God Delights in These Things
Jeremiah 9:24
24 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. 

God Delights in Mercy
Micah 7:18
18 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.

Evil Men Delight in Evil
Malachi 2:17
17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

Christians Delight in the Law of God
Romans 7:22
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: