'Delight' in the Bible
When the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food and that it [was] a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make [one] wise, then she took from its fruit and she ate. And she gave [it] also to her husband with her, and he ate.
And then if you do not take delight in her, then you shall let her go {to do whatever she wants}, but you shall not treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.
{And then} as Yahweh delighted over you {to make you prosperous} to make you numerous, so Yahweh shall delight over you to exterminate you and to destroy you, and [so] you shall be plucked from the land that you [are] going there to take possession of it.
Then Samuel said, "Is there [as much] delight for Yahweh in burnt offerings and sacrifices as [there is] in {obeying} Yahweh? Look! {To obey} [is] better than sacrifice; to give heed than the fat of rams.
And so then, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant: If Yahweh has incited you against me, may he delight in an offering; but if {it is mortals}, [may] they be accursed {before} Yahweh, for they have driven me away today from sharing in the inheritance of Yahweh, saying, 'Go, serve other gods!'
A young man stood over him, from the young men of Joab, and he said, "Whoever takes delight in Joab and whoever [is] for David, [follow] after Joab."
Blessed be Yahweh your God who took delight in you, to put you on his throne as king for Yahweh your God! Because your God loved Israel, he established him forever and has put you over them as king to do justice and righteousness!"
O Lord, please let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight to revere in your name. Please, let your servant be successful this day and give him compassion before this man." I was cupbearer for the king.
And they captured fortified cities and a fertile land and took possession of houses filled with every good thing: hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves, and many [fruit] trees. They ate and became full, and they became fat and took delight in your great goodness.
Indeed, then you will delight yourself in Shaddai, and {you will expect that God will be good to you}.
Or, in Shaddai will he find delight? Will he call upon God at all times?
Indeed, he says, 'A man does not profit when he takes delight in God.'
Instead, in the law of Yahweh [is] his delight, and on his law he meditates day and night.
O Yahweh, [the] king will rejoice in your strength, and how greatly he will delight in your help.
Let them shout for joy and be glad, who delight in my vindication; and let them say continually, "Yahweh is great, who delights in the welfare of his servant."
'I delight to do your will, O my God, and your law [is] {deep within me}.'"
By this I know that you delight in me: because my enemy has not shouted in triumph over me.
Behold, you delight [in] truth in the inward parts, and in [the] hidden [parts] you make me to know wisdom.
For you do not delight [in] sacrifice or I would give [it]. [With] a burnt offering you are not pleased.
Then you will delight [in] righteous sacrifices, burnt offering and whole burnt offering. Then bulls will be offered on your altar.
Rebuke [the] beasts in [the] reeds, [the] herd of bulls with [the] calves of [the] peoples, trampling the pieces of silver. Scatter [the] nations [who] delight in battles.
Because he loved cursing, let it come [upon] him. Because he did not delight in blessing, let it be far from him.
The works of Yahweh [are] great, studied by all [who] delight [in] them.
Praise Yah! Blessed [is the] man [who] fears Yahweh; he takes great delight in his commands.
I will take delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.
Cause me to walk in the path of your commands, for I delight in it.
And I will take delight in your commands, which I love.
Their heart [is] insensitive like fat; As for me, I take delight in your law.
Let your mercies come [to] me, that I may live, for your law [is] my delight.
Unless your law [had been] my delight, then I would have perished in my misery.
Trouble and anguish have found me; your commands delight me.
I long for your salvation, O Yahweh, and your law [is] my delight.
He does not delight in the strength of the horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of the man.
"{How long}, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And [how long] will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
those who are happy to do evil, [for] they delight in [the] deviousness of evil,
Come, let us take [our] fill of love making, until the morning let us delight in love.
rejoicing in the world of his earth, and my delight [was] with the children of humankind.
An abomination of Yahweh [are] the {crooked of heart}, but his delight [are] {those with blameless ways}.
An abomination of Yahweh are lips of deceit, but they who act faithfully [are] his delight.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination of Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.
The delight of kings [are] the lips of righteousness, and he who speaks what is upright he will love.
My child, may you give your heart to me, and may your eyes delight in my ways.
But they who rebuke will have delight, and upon them blessings of goodness will come.
Discipline your children, and they will give you rest, and they will give delight to your soul.
I also gathered to myself silver and gold--the royal and provincial treasuries. I acquired for myself male and female singers, as well as the delight of {men}, {voluptuous concubines}.
There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and {find delight} in his toil. For I also realized that this [is] from the hand of God!
As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so [is] my beloved among the young men. In his shade {I sat down with delight}, and his fruit [was] sweet to my palate.
I [was] a wall, and my breasts [were] like the towers, {so [my betrothed] viewed me with great delight}.
What [is the] abundance of your sacrifices to me? says Yahweh. I have had enough [of] burnt offerings of rams and [the] fat [of] fattened animals and I do not delight in [the] blood of bulls and ram-lambs and goats.
For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the man of Judah [is] the plantation of his delight. [And] he waited for justice, but look! Bloodshed! For righteousness, but look! A cry of distress!
Look! I [am] stirring the Medes up against them, who do not value silver and do not delight in gold.
mourning over breasts, over fields of delight, over [the] fruitful vine,
For thus says Yahweh, "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose that in which I delight, and who keep hold of my covenant.
'Why do we fast, and you do not see [it]? We humiliate our soul, and you do not notice [it]?' Look! You find delight on the day of your fast, and you oppress all your workers!
It shall no longer be said of you, "Forsaken," and it shall no longer be said of your land, "Desolation!" but {you will} be called "My Delight [Is] In Her," and your land, "Married," for Yahweh delights in you, and your land shall be married.
and I will remit you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter, because I called, but you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not listen, but you did the evil in my eyes, and you chose that in which I do not delight."
Indeed, I myself I will choose their ill treatment, and I will bring them objects of their dread, because I called, and {no one answered}; I spoke and they did not listen, but they did the evil in my eyes, and they chose that in which I do not delight."
To whom shall I speak and admonish, that they may hear? Look, their ears [are] {closed}, and they are not able to listen attentively. Look, the word of Yahweh is to them an object of scorn, they do not delight in it.
{But only} in this must the one who boasts boast, [that] he has insight, and [that] he knows me, that I [am] Yahweh, showing loyal love, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for in these [things] I delight," {declares} Yahweh.
[Is] this man Coniah a despised, shattered vessel? Or a vessel [in which] there is no delight? Why are he and his offspring thrown far, and cast away to the land that they do not know?"
[Is] Ephraim my dear son, or [the] child of [my] delight? For {as often as} I have earnestly spoken against him, I still remember him. {Therefore} my bowels are turbulent for him, surely I will have compassion on him," {declares} Yahweh.
On all the roofs of Moab, and in its public squares, [there is] wailing everywhere. For I have broken Moab like a vessel, there is no delight in it," {declares} Yahweh.
to subvert a person in a legal dispute --the Lord has not found delight [in these things].
Have I delight by any means [in the] death of [the] wicked, {declares} the Lord Yahweh, [and] not at his turning from his way, {so that} he lives?
"Say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I [will be] profaning my sanctuary, the pride of your strength [and] the delight of your eyes and the object of your own affection; and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind will fall by the sword,
"And you, son of man, [will it] not [be that] on the day {when I take from them} their stronghold, the joy of their glory, the delight of their eyes, and the longing of their inner self, their sons and daughters--
And they will plunder your wealth, and they will loot your merchandise, and they will break down your walls, and the houses of your delight they will break down, and your stones and your timbers and your earthen dirt they will cast into the midst of [the] water.
Say to them, '{As I live},' {declares} the Lord Yahweh, '{Surely I have no delight} in the death of the wicked, {except} in [the] wicked returning from his way, and he lives. Turn back! Turn back from your ways, O evil [ones], for why should you die, house of Israel?'
"I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your assemblies.