'Delight' in the Bible

And he saith, 'Lo, the day is still great, it is not time for the cattle to be gathered; water ye the flock, and go, delight yourselves.'

And he saith, 'What do I give to thee?' And Jacob saith, 'Thou dost not give me anything; if thou do for me this thing, I turn back; I have delight; thy flock I watch;

and the young man delayed not to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he is honourable above all the house of his father.

'And if the man doth not delight to take his brother's wife, then hath his brother's wife gone up to the gate, unto the elders, and said, My husband's brother is refusing to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he hath not been willing to perform the duty of my husband's brother;

Lodge to night, and it hath been in the morning, if he doth redeem thee, well: he redeemeth; and if he delight not to redeem thee, then I have redeemed thee -- I; Jehovah liveth! lie down till the morning.'

And Samuel saith, 'Hath Jehovah had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as in hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams;

And Saul saith, 'Thus do ye say to David, There is no delight to the king in dowry, but in a hundred foreskins of the Philistines -- to be avenged on the enemies of the king;' and Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.

And a man hath stood by him, of the young men of Joab, and saith, 'He who hath delight in Joab, and he who is for David -- after Joab!'

And they capture fenced cities, and fat ground, and possess houses full of all good, digged-wells, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit-trees in abundance, and they eat, and are satisfied, and become fat, and delight themselves in Thy great goodness.

And Haman cometh in, and the king saith to him, 'What -- to do with the man in whose honour the king hath delighted?' And Haman saith in his heart, 'To whom doth the king delight to do honour more than myself?'

If he delight to strive with Him -- He doth not answer him one of a thousand.

Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.

For what is his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?

Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?

On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?

But -- in the law of Jehovah is his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:

For the holy ones who are in the land, And the honourable, all my delight is in them.

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.

Thy testimonies also are my delight, The men of my counsel!

And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,

Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law is my delight.

I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law is my delight.

Not in the might of the horse doth He delight, Not in the legs of a man is He pleased.

Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,

Come, we are filled with loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves.

Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight -- day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,

The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.

Balances of deceit are an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight is His delight.

An abomination to Jehovah are the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way are His delight.

An abomination to Jehovah are lying lips, And stedfast doers are his delight.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright is His delight.

The delight of kings are righteous lips, And whoso is speaking uprightly he loveth,

She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh with her hands.

To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.

My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Lo, I am stirring up against them the Medes, Who silver esteem not, And gold -- they delight not in it.

And Aiim have responded in his forsaken habitations, And dragons in palaces of delight, And near to come is her time, And her days are not drawn out!

For the fenced city is alone, A habitation cast out and forsaken as a wilderness, There doth the calf delight, And there it lieth down, And hath consumed its branches.

Jehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.

Who is saying of Cyrus, My shepherd, And all my delight He doth perfect, So as to say of Jerusalem, Thou art built, And of the temple, Thou art founded.

Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, 'My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.'

And have made of agate thy pinnacles, And thy gates of carbuncle stones, And all thy border of stones of delight,

Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.

If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, 'A delight,' To the holy of Jehovah, 'Honoured,' And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word.

Then dost thou delight thyself on Jehovah, And I have caused thee to ride on high places of earth, And have caused thee to eat the inheritance of Jacob thy father, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken!

It is not said of thee any more, 'Forsaken!' And of thy land it is not said any more, 'Desolate,' For to thee is cried, 'My delight is in her,' And to thy land, 'Married,' For Jehovah hath delighted in thee, And thy land is married.

To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Lo, their ear is uncircumcised, And they are not able to attend. Lo, a word of Jehovah hath been to them for a reproach, They delight not in it.

Say unto them, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I delight not in the death of the wicked, But -- in the turning of the wicked from his way, And he hath lived, Turn back, turn back, from your evil ways, Yea, why do ye die, O house of Israel?

Israel hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.

Floor and wine-press do not delight them, And new wine doth fail in her,

The remnant of Israel do no perversity, nor speak lies, Nor found in their mouth is a deceitful tongue, For they have delight, and have lain down, And there is none troubling.

and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, 'This is My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

'Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare,

While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My Son, -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'

and a voice came out of the heavens, 'Thou art My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, 'Thou art My Son -- the Beloved, in thee I did delight.'

'Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;

who the righteous judgment of God having known -- that those practising such things are worthy of death -- not only do them, but also have delight with those practising them.

for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,

in burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offerings, Thou didst not delight,

saying above -- 'Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offering Thou didst not will, nor delight in,' -- which according to the law are offered --