'Delight' in the Bible
But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.
I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.
As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.
He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation!
He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.
I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;
His delight is in righteousness and wisdom; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.
So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.
But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.
My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.
You have no desire for an offering or I would give it; you have no delight in burned offerings.
Then you will have delight in the offerings of righteousness, in burned offerings and offerings of beasts; then they will make offerings of oxen on your altar.
Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)
But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.
Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is in war.
Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.
The works of the Lord are great, searched out by all those who have delight in them.
Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.
This is the day which the Lord has made; we will be full of joy and delight in it.
I have taken as much delight in the way of your unchanging word, as in all wealth.
I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.
Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.
Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are my delight.
And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to which I have given my love.
Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is in your law.
Let your gentle mercies come to me, so that I may have life; for your law is my delight.
If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me.
Let me not be moved, and I will be safe, and ever take delight in your rules.
Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.
All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.
He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.