The word in Scripture

Delight in the Bible

The word delight appears 51 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Delight is deep pleasure and joy taken in God. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What delight means in the Bible

Delight is deep pleasure and joy taken in God.

Where the word delight appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word delight appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.”Genesis 34:19

“Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”Psalms 37:4

“They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.”Psalms 62:4

“Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;”Proverbs 8:30

“They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.”Proverbs 11:20

“Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.”Isaiah 13:17

“Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.”Isaiah 58:2

“For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:”Romans 7:22