Discovery Bible
Talk with Jesus
Note: As He speaks to you through these verses, dialogue with Him! Say “Thank You for showing me this, show me more!” (You will notice different colors throughout the verses. The different colors show which words are the same in the original Hebrew or Greek.)
What does it look like for me to delight myself in You? What does ‘delight’ mean to You? Teach me from Your Word, Lord.
Delight1 yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires (request, petition, desire) of your heart. Psalm 37:4 ESV
If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight2 and the holy day of the LORD honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly; then you shall take delight in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken. Isaiah 58:13-14 ESV
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare. Give ear and come to Me; hear me, that your soul may live. Isaiah 55:2b-3a
I delight3 to sit in His shade.... His left arm is under my head, and His right arm embraces me. Song of Songs 2:3b, 6
I delight4 GREATLY in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God.
For He has clothed me with garments of salvation (deliverance, rescue, safety, victory, prosperity) Isaiah 61:10
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight5. I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God. Psalm 43:4
When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy6 and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, Lord God Almighty. Jeremiah 15:16
Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight7. Psalm 119:35
You have made known to me the Path of Life; You will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures8 at your right hand. Psalm 16:11
So rejoice in the Lord and be glad, all you who obey him! Shout for joy9, all you whose hearts are pure! Psalm 32:11 NLT
Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Psalm 90:14
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy10 may be in you and that your joy may be complete. John 15:9-11
... so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. John 17:13b
Jesus replied: "Love11 the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." Matthew 22:37
What brings You delight? What does ‘delight’ mean to You? Teach me from Your Word, Lord.
The LORD your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice12 over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17
So the King will greatly desire13 your beauty; Because He is your Lord, worship Him. Psalm 45:11
One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek14 : that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty15 of the LORD and to seek him in his temple... My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek. Psalm 27:4, 8
May those who delight16 in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, "The LORD be exalted, who delights in the well-being of his servant." Psalm 35:27
They celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness. Psalm 145:7
Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. Psalm 105:3
May those who fear17 you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word. Psalm 119:74
He fulfills the desires18 of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them. Psalm 145:19
... but he delights in those whose ways are blameless. Proverbs 11:20b
Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Nehemiah 1:11a
As a young man marries a young woman, so will your Builder marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices19 over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you. Isaiah 62:5
How beautiful you are and how pleasing20, my love, with your delights! Song of Songs 7:6
For the Lord takes delight21 in his people;
he crowns the humble with victory.
Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor
and sing for joy on their beds.
May the praise of God be in their mouths
and a double-edged sword in their hands
Psalm 149:4-6
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; Psalm 103:11
the Lord delight in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love. Psalm 147:11
- What are You speaking to me from Your word?
- What are You asking me to obey from Your word?
[1] Strong's Hebrew 6026: dainty, delicateness, delight, delighted, take delight
Strong's Hebrew 8588: 1) daintiness, luxury, exquisite delight, pleasantness, delight, comfort 1a) luxury 1b) dainty 1c) delight
[2] Strong's Hebrew 6027: daintiness, exquisite delight
[3] Strong's Hebrew 2530: to desire, take pleasure in
[4] Strong's Hebrew 7797: to exult, rejoice, delight
[5] Strong's Hebrew 8055: rejoice, be glad
Strong's Hebrew 8057: joy, gladness, mirth
[6] Strong's Hebrew 8342: exultation, rejoicing
[7] Strong's Hebrew 2654: to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with
[8] Strong's Hebrew 5273: pleasant, delightful
[9] Strong's Hebrew 7442: to give a ringing cry, shout for joy, sing for joy
[10] Strong's Greek 5479: Joy, gladness, a source of joy. From chairo; cheerfulness, i.e. Calm delight.
[11] Strong's Greek 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.
[12] Strong's Hebrew 1523: to rejoice
[13] Strong's Hebrew 183: 1) desire, incline, covet, wait longingly, wish, sigh, want, be greedy, prefer 1a) (Piel) to desire, crave (food and drink) 1b) (Hithpael) to desire, long for, lust after (of bodily appetites)
[14] Strong's Hebrew 1245: 1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to seek to find 1a2) to seek to secure 1a3) to seek the face 1a4) to desire, demand 1a5) to require, exact 1a6) to ask, request 1b) (Pual) to be sought
[15] Strong's Hebrew 5278: 1) kindness, pleasantness, delightfulness, beauty, favour 1a) delightfulness 1b) symbolic name of one of two staves 1c) pleasantness
[16] Strong's Hebrew 2655: 1) desiring, delighting in, having pleasure in
[17] Strong's Hebrew 3374: 1) fear, terror, fearing 1a) fear, terror 1b) awesome or terrifying thing (object causing fear) 1c) fear (of God), respect, reverence, piety 1d) revered
[18] Strong's Hebrew 7522: 1) pleasure, delight, favour, goodwill, acceptance, will 1a) goodwill, favour 1b) acceptance 1c) will, desire, pleasure, self-will
[19] Strong's Hebrew 4885: exultation, joy, rejoicing
[20] Strong's Hebrew 5276: (Qal) to be pleasant, be beautiful, be sweet, be delightful, be lovely
[21] Strong's Hebrew 7521: 1) to be pleased with, be favourable to, accept favourably 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be pleased with, be favourable to 1a2) to accept 1a3) to be pleased, be determined 1a4) to make acceptable, satisfy 1a5) to please 1b) (Niphal) to be accepted, be pleased with 1c) (Piel) to seek favour of 1d) (Hiphil) to please, pay off 1e) (Hithpael) to make oneself acceptable or pleasing