'Delight' in the Bible
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
For wisdom will enter your mind,and knowledge will delight your heart.
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.
Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.
Let her be as a loving hind and graceful doe,Let her breasts refresh and satisfy you at all times;Always be exhilarated and delight in her love.
Come, we are filled with loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves.
Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
rejoicing in his inhabitable world and taking delight in mankind."
The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.
It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Stupidity is the delight of the senseless, but an understanding man walks uprightly.
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
That which is desirable in a man is his loyalty and unfailing love,But it is better to be a poor man than a [wealthy] liar.
For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.
For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed
The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
Give me your heart, my son,And let your eyes delight in my ways.
But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh with her hands.
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