26 occurrences

'Delight' in the Bible

As for the saints (godly people) who are in the land,They are the majestic and the noble and the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

Verse ConceptsSaintsNames And Titles For The ChristianAffection For God's PeoplePleasing MenThe EarthInner BeautyBeing BeautifulExcellenceheroes

Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.

Verse ConceptsEarsTeachablenessGod's DesiresThe Faculty Of HearingSacrificesSacrifice

Let those be ashamed and humiliated togetherWho seek my life to destroy it;Let those be turned back [in defeat] and dishonoredWho delight in my hurt.

Verse ConceptsConfusiondisgraceAttempting To Kill MeHurtDisappointmenthurting

By this I know that You favor and delight in me,Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

Verse ConceptsNot DefeatedOvercomingFavor

For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword,Nor did their own arm save them,But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,Because You favored and delighted in them.

Verse ConceptsCountenanceLight, SpiritualPeople Of God, In OtRight Hand Of GodArm Of GodGod's HandStrength Of GodGod Is LightNot Aloneland

For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it;You are not pleased with burnt offering.

Verse ConceptsDelighting, Wrong Kinds OfDelight, God ExpressingPleasureNot Pleasing God

Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,In burnt offering and whole burnt offering;Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

Verse ConceptsBurnt offeringRight Sacrifices

They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him];They delight in lies.They bless with [the words of] their mouths,But inwardly they curse. Selah.

Verse ConceptsFlatteryDeceitful HeartsDelighting, Wrong Kinds OfHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSpeech, Negative Aspects OfCharacter Of WickedDeceitful TonguesPsalm InterjectionsThose Who Are LiarsUngodly CursingExcellenceSmiling

Rebuke the beasts [living] among the reeds [in Egypt],The herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples;Trampling underfoot the pieces of silver;He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.

Verse ConceptsBullsCalvesStretching OutWarfare, Nature OfScattering The PeoplesWild Beasts Subdued

Let those be ashamed and humiliatedWho seek my life;Let them be turned back and humiliatedWho delight in my hurt.

Verse ConceptsConfusionConfusion, Nature OfdisgraceSuffering, Of The InnocentAttempting To Kill MeHurthurting

Their heart is insensitive like fat [their minds are dull and brutal],But I delight in Your law.

Verse ConceptsHardness Of HeartFat Of PeopleGod's Word As A Source Of Delight

Let Your compassion come to me that I may live,For Your law is my delight.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfBe Merciful!God's Word As A Source Of Delight

If Your law had not been my delight,Then I would have perished in my time of trouble.

Verse ConceptsNot DyingDeath AvertedSurvivalGod's Word As A Source Of Delight

I long for Your salvation, O Lord,And Your law is my delight.

Verse Conceptsdesires

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Delight (265 instances)
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Enrapture (1 instance)
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συνήδομαι 
sunedomai 
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