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

2 Sam. 1:24
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

2 Sam. 15:26
But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

2 Sam. 22:20
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

2 Sam. 24:3
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?