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

Mal. 2:17
Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

Mal. 3:1
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

Mal. 3:12
And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.