Popular Bible Verses about Delight - Page 11

Found 143 Verses (from 101)

Proverbs 29:17

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Discipline your children, and they will give you peace; they will bring you the delights you desire. NIV

Correct your son, and he will give you rest; yes, he will give delight to your heart. AMP

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. KJV

I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things have I given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you. NIV

I know also, my God, that You try the heart and delight in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things. And now I have seen with joy Your people who are present here offer voluntarily and freely to You. AMP

I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. KJV

Psalms 111:2

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Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them. NIV

The works of the Lord are great, sought out by all those who have delight in them. AMP

The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. KJV

Jeremiah 31:20

Bible Rank: 22,008

Is not Ephraim my dear son, the child in whom I delight? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him," declares the LORD." NIV

Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a darling child and beloved? For as often as I speak against him, I do [earnestly] remember him still. Therefore My affection is stirred and My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy, pity, and loving-kindness for him, says the Lord. AMP

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. KJV

Job 27:10

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Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times? NIV

Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? AMP

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? KJV

2 Samuel 24:3

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But Joab replied to the king, "May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?" NIV

And Joab said to the king, May the Lord your God add a hundred times as many people as there are, and let the eyes of my lord the king see it; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing? AMP

And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? KJV

Isaiah 58:2

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For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them. NIV

Yet they seek, inquire for, and require Me daily and delight [externally] to know My ways, as [if they were in reality] a nation that did righteousness and forsook not the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me righteous judgments, they delight to draw near to God [in visible ways]. AMP

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. KJV

Isaiah 65:19

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I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more. NIV

And I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; and the sound of weeping will no more be heard in it, nor the cry of distress. AMP

And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. KJV

Psalms 94:19

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When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy. NIV

In the multitude of my [anxious] thoughts within me, Your comforts cheer and delight my soul! AMP

In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. KJV

Proverbs 19:10

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It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury – how much worse for a slave to rule over princes! NIV

Luxury is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool--much less for a slave to rule over princes. AMP

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. KJV