Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'delight' occurs 67 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'delight' in the standard works and contain 6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 58:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 58:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 50 34 84
Gen. 1 0 1
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 2 1 3
2 Sam. 2 2 4
1 Kgs. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 0 1 1
Neh. 0 1 1
Esth. 1 6 7
Job 3 0 3
Ps. 15 9 24
Prov. 12 2 14
Eccl. 0 1 1
Song. 1 1 2
Isa. 7 6 13
Jer. 2 0 2
Micah 0 1 1
Mal. 1 2 3
NT 1 0 1
BM 12 28 40
DC 4 2 6
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 67 64 131

1 Sam. 15:22
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 Sam. 18:22
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.

1 Sam. 19:2
But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: