Psalms 5:4
5:4 Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil;
evil people cannot dwell with you.
Psalms 147:11
147:11 The Lord takes delight in his faithful followers,
and in those who wait for his loyal love.
Psalms 149:4
149:4 For the Lord takes delight in his people;
he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.
Isaiah 42:1
The Lord Commissions His Special Servant
42:1 “Here is my servant whom I support,
my chosen one in whom I take pleasure.
I have placed my spirit on him;
he will make just decrees for the nations.
Malachi 1:10
1:10 “I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord who rules over all, “and I will no longer accept an offering from you.
Matthew 12:18
12:18 “Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
the one I love, in whom I take great delight.
I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
Matthew 12:1
Lord of the Sabbath
12:1 At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat and eat them.
Matthew 2:15
2:15 He stayed there until Herod
died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled: “
I called my Son out of Egypt.”