'Delight' in the Bible

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.

And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was the noblest of his father's house.

And if the Lord has delight in us, he will take us into this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

But the Lord had delight in your fathers and love for them, marking out for himself their seed after them, even you, from all peoples, as at this day.

But if you have no delight in her, you are to let her go wherever she will; you may not take a price for her as if she was your property, for you have made use of her for your pleasure.

If any man takes a wife, and having had connection with her, has no delight in her,

And as the Lord took delight in doing you good and increasing you, so the Lord will take pleasure in cutting you off and causing your destruction, and you will be uprooted from the land which you are about to take as your heritage.

And Samuel said, Has the Lord as much delight in offerings and burned offerings as in the doing of his orders? Truly, to do his pleasure is better than to make offerings, and to give ear to him than the fat of sheep.

And Saul gave his servants orders saying, Have talk with David secretly and say to him, See how the king has delight in you, and how you are loved by all his servants: then be the king's son-in-law.

And Saul gave orders to his son Jonathan and to all his servants to put David to death. But Saul's son Jonathan had great delight in David.

But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.

He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

But I will not take the kingdom from him; I will let him be king all the days of his life, because of David my servant, in whom I took delight because he kept my orders and my laws.

O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. (Now I was the king's wine-servant.)

In the evening she went, and on the day after she came back to the second house of the women, into the keeping of Shaashgaz, one of the king's unsexed servants who had the care of the king's wives: only if the king had delight in her and sent for her by name did she go in to him again.

So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring? Then the thought came into Haman's mind, Whom, more than myself, would the king have pleasure in honouring?

And Haman, answering the king, said, For the man whom the king has delight in honouring,

And let the robes and the horse be given to one of the king's most noble captains, so that they may put them on the man whom the king has delight in honouring, and let him go on horseback through the streets of the town, with men crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.

Then Haman took the robes and the horse, and dressing Mordecai in the robes, he made him go on horseback through the streets of the town, crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.

Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;

There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

For then you will have delight in the Ruler of all, and your face will be lifted up to God.

Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?

For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.

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.

How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

Then I was by his side, as a master workman: and I was his delight from day to day, playing before him at all times;

Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.

It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.

The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.

For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed

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

But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them.

Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

Your face is a delight with rings of hair, your neck with chains of jewels.

As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

How beautiful and how sweet you are, O love, for delight.

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.

There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone.

And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God; we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope; we will be glad and have delight in his salvation.

In that day it will be said, A vine-garden of delight, make a song about it.

It will be flowering like the rose; it will be full of delight and songs; the glory of Lebanon will be given to it; the pride of Carmel and Sharon: they will see the glory of the Lord, the power of our God.

Even those whom he has made free, will come back again; they will come with songs to Zion; on their heads will be eternal joy; delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.

See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.

For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody.

Those whom the Lord has made free will come back with songs to Zion; and on their heads will be eternal joy: delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.

Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.

If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;

Then the Lord will be your delight; and I will put you on the high places of the earth; and I will give you the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of the Lord has said it.

Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.

Then you will see, and be bright with joy, and your heart will be shaking with increase of delight: for the produce of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you.

But men will be glad and have joy for ever in what I am making; for I am making Jerusalem a delight, and her people a joy.

To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.

But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he the child of my delight? for whenever I say things against him, I still keep him in my memory: so my heart is troubled for him; I will certainly have mercy on him, says the Lord.

Is not food cut off before our eyes? joy and delight from the house of our God?

Your feasts are disgusting to me, I will have nothing to do with them; I will take no delight in your holy meetings.