Dictionary of Bible Themes A sense of joy and pleasure, experienced especially through achievements or relationships. Isaiah 61:10God as the source of delight See also Delight in the person of God Nehemiah 1:11Job 22:26 Psalms 22:8; 37:4; 43:3-4 Isaiah 58:13-14 Psalms 119:16 Romans 7:22 Delight in the word of God See also Psalms 1:2; 19:7-14; 119:24,47Jeremiah 15:16 1 Samuel 2:1 Psalms 35:4-10 Delight in the works of God Acts 11:23Psalms 104:31 God expresses delight See also Over his world Genesis 1:31Proverbs 8:30-31 Deuteronomy 30:9-10 See also Over his people 2 Samuel 22:20Psalms 147:10-11; 149:4 Isaiah 62:4; 65:18-19 Jeremiah 31:20; 32:41 Micah 7:18 Proverbs 11:1 See also Over justice Proverbs 11:20; 12:22Jeremiah 9:24 Matthew 3:17 Over his Messiah See also pp Mk 1:11 Isaiah 42:1pp Lk 3:22 Matthew 12:18-21; 17:52 Peter 1:17 pp Mk 9:7 pp Lk 9:35 1 Samuel 15:22See also God's delight is absent when something is viewed unfavourably Leviticus 26:31Psalms 51:16; 147:10 Proverbs 3:12 Natural delight in parenthood See also Proverbs 23:24; 29:17Micah 1:16 Songs 1:4 Sexual delight See also Genesis 34:19Proverbs 5:18 Songs 2:3; 4:1; 7:10 Deuteronomy 26:11 Delight in the created order See also In God's gifts Isaiah 55:2Jeremiah 31:12 Joel 2:23 Ecclesiastes 2:10 See also In one's work Deuteronomy 12:7Ecclesiastes 3:22; 5:19; 8:15 Colossians 2:5 See also In the achievements of others Exodus 18:9Esther 6:9 Proverbs 14:35 1 Thessalonians 2:13-14 Psalms 9:2 The delight of believers in their relationship with God See also 1 Samuel 2:1Nehemiah 1:11 Job 22:26 Psalms 9:14; 13:5; 31:7; 35:9; 37:4; 89:16; 149:2 Luke 1:46-47 Psalms 62:4 Delight in wrongdoing 1 Corinthians 13:6See also Psalms 68:30Proverbs 2:12-15; 18:2 Isaiah 66:3 Colossians 2:18 2 Thessalonians 2:12 See also 1070 God, joy of4045 chaos 5287 dance 5842 eloquence 5847 enthusiasm 5874 happiness 5900 laughter 5918 pleasure 5939 satisfaction 7960 singing 8283 joy 8460 pleasing God |
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