Topic
Delight
45 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 34:19ISBE
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.
- Numbers 14:8ISBE
If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
- 1 Samuel 15:22ISBE
And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
- 1 Samuel 18:22ISBE
¶ And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law.
- 2 Samuel 22:20ISBE
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
- Nehemiah 1:11ISBE
O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the…
- Esther 2:14ISBE
In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she…
- Job 22:26ISBE
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
- Job 27:10ISBE
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
- Job 40:17ISBE
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
- Psalms 1:2ISBE
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
- Psalms 16:3ISBE
But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
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- Psalms 18:19 ISBE
- Psalms 22:8 ISBE
- Psalms 37:4 ISBE
- Psalms 37:11 ISBE
- Psalms 40:8 ISBE
- Psalms 41:11 ISBE
- Psalms 51:16 ISBE
- Psalms 73:25 ISBE
- Psalms 94:19 ISBE
- Psalms 119:16 ISBE
- Psalms 119:24 ISBE
- Psalms 119:47 ISBE
- Psalms 119:70 ISBE
- Psalms 119:77 ISBE
- Psalms 119:92 ISBE
- Psalms 119:143 ISBE
- Psalms 119:174 ISBE
- Proverbs 8:30 ISBE
- Proverbs 8:31 ISBE
- Proverbs 11:1 ISBE
- Proverbs 11:12 ISBE
- Proverbs 11:20 ISBE
- Proverbs 11:22 ISBE
- Proverbs 15:8 ISBE
- Proverbs 23:26 ISBE
- Isaiah 11:3 ISBE
- Isaiah 58:14 ISBE
- Isaiah 66:3 ISBE
- Isaiah 66:4 ISBE
- Jeremiah 9:24 ISBE
- Amos 5:21 ISBE
- Micah 7:18 ISBE
- Romans 7:22 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 45 references
de-lit' (verb, chaphets, ratsah, sha`a`; sunedomai): "To delight" is most frequently expressed by chaphets, which means originally "to bend" (compare Job 40:17, "He moveth his tail"), hence, "to incline to," "take pleasure in." It is used of God's pleasure in His people (Nu 14:8; 2Sa 22:20; Ps 18:19, etc.), and in righteousness, etc. (Isa 66:4; Jer 9:24; Mic 7:18, etc.), also of man's delight in God and His will (Ps 40:8; 73:25; the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), "There is none upon earth that I desire besides thee"), and in other objects (Ge 34:19; 1Sa 18:22; Es 2:14; Isa 66:3); sha`a`, "to stroke," "caress," "be fond of," occurs in Ps 94:19, "Thy comforts delight my soul"; Ps 119:16,47,70, "I will delight myself in thy statutes." Similarly, Paul says (Ro 7:22), "I delight (sunedomai) in (margin, the Revised Version (British and American) "Greek with") the law of God after the inward man." This is the only occurrence of the word in the New Testament.
"To delight one's self" (in the Lord) is represented chiefly by `anagh (Job 22:26; 27:10; Ps 37:4,11; Isa 58:14).
Delight (noun), chiefly chephets (1Sa 15:22; Ps 1:2; 16:3), ratson (Pr 11:1,20; 12,22; 15:8), sha`ashu`im (Ps 119:24,77,92,143,174; Pr 8:30,31). the Revised Version (British and American) has "delight" for "desire" (Ne 1:11; Ps 22:8; 51:16), for "observe," different reading (Pr 23:26), "no delight in" for "smell in" (Am 5:21), "delightest in me" for "favorest me" (Ps 41:11), "his delight shall be in" (m "Hebrew `scent' ") for "of quick understanding" (Isa 11:3).
The element of joy, of delight in God and His law and will, in the Hebrew religion is noteworthy as being something which we are apt to fall beneath even in the clearer light of Christianity.
W. L. Walker
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.