The term "delicious" is not directly found in the Berean Standard Bible , but the concept of delight and enjoyment, particularly in relation to food and spiritual nourishment, is present throughout the Scriptures. The Bible often uses food imagery to convey spiritual truths and the goodness of God's creation.

Biblical Context and Usage:

1. Creation and Provision:
In Genesis, God provides a bountiful and delightful creation for humanity. Genesis 2:9 states, "And out of the ground the LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food." This verse highlights the beauty and deliciousness of God's provision, emphasizing that what God creates is both aesthetically pleasing and nourishing.

2. Promised Land:
The land promised to the Israelites is often described in terms of its abundance and delicious produce. In Deuteronomy 8:7-8 , it is written, "For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams and pools of water, with springs flowing in the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil, and honey." This description underscores the richness and deliciousness of the land's produce, symbolizing God's generous provision.

3. Feasting and Celebration:
Feasting is a recurring theme in the Bible, often associated with celebration and divine blessing. In Ecclesiastes 9:7 , it is advised, "Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved your works." This verse encourages the enjoyment of delicious food and drink as a part of a joyful life under God's blessing.

4. Spiritual Nourishment:
The Bible also uses the metaphor of food to describe spiritual nourishment. In Psalm 34:8 , it says, "Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!" Here, the sensory experience of tasting is used to invite believers to experience the goodness and deliciousness of a relationship with God.

5. Heavenly Banquet:
The imagery of a heavenly banquet is used to describe the ultimate fulfillment and joy in God's presence. In Isaiah 25:6 , it is prophesied, "On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a feast for all the peoples, a banquet of aged wine, of choice meat, a feast of finely aged wine." This vision of a delicious feast symbolizes the abundance and joy of eternal life with God.

Theological Implications:

The concept of deliciousness in the Bible is closely tied to the themes of God's provision, blessing, and the joy found in His creation. It reflects the idea that God not only meets the basic needs of His people but also provides abundantly and delightfully. The enjoyment of delicious food is seen as a gift from God, meant to be received with gratitude and shared in community.

Furthermore, the metaphorical use of food to describe spiritual truths points to the deeper satisfaction and delight found in a relationship with God. Just as physical food sustains the body, spiritual nourishment through God's Word and presence sustains the soul, offering a taste of the eternal joy and fulfillment that awaits believers.1. (a.) Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming.

2. (a.) Addicted to pleasure; seeking enjoyment; luxurious; effeminate.

Treats of Several Ways Whereby Our Lord Quickens the Soul; There ...
... It is conscious of having received a delicious wound but cannot discover how, nor
who gave it, yet recognizes it as a most precious grace and hopes the hurt ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter ii treats of several.htm

Of the Loving Recollection of the Soul in Contemplation.
... prepared for it:"so our Saviour,"pronouncing some secret word of his love, or pouring
out the odour of the wine of his dilection, more delicious than honey ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter vii of the loving.htm

The Right to Feel Superior
... There are the most delicious things! ... Though I must admit that we usually give up
halfway"the food is so delicious and we're so hungry we have to. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/williamson/have we no rights/chapter 10 the right to.htm

How Sacred Love Contains the Twelve Fruits of the Holy Ghost ...
... Now charity is called a fruit inasmuch as it delights us, and inasmuch as we enjoy
its delicious sweetness, the sweetness of a true apple of paradise, gathered ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xix how sacred love.htm

Of Rapture, and of the First Species of It.
... And although the attractions by which God draws us be admirably pleasing, sweet
and delicious, yet on account of the force which the divine beauty and goodness ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter iv of rapture and.htm

Begins to Treat of the Union of the Soul with God in Prayer. How ...
... This is a delicious death, for the soul is deprived of the faculties it exercised
while in the body: [159] delicious because, (although not really the case ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter i begins to treat.htm

How the Desire to Praise God Makes us Aspire to Heaven.
... the cage of his body, in which he cannot at will sing the benedictions of his eternal
love, knows that he could better trill and practise his delicious song if ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter x how the desire.htm

The Story of one Furlough (1908-1910)
... The children complained that they were too hard to eat, and begged me to buy them
some "Snows""very expensive, but delicious apples for eating. ...
/.../goforth/how i know god answers prayer/vii the story of one.htm

Watkinson -- the Transfigured Sackcloth
... But will this rhapsody bear thinking about? Is death "delicate, lovely
and soothing," "delicious," coming to us with "serenades"? ...
/.../the worlds great sermons volume 8/watkinson the transfigured sackcloth.htm

The Lord's Supper
... has in Christ. Eating is grateful and pleasing to the palate; so feeding
on Christ by a lively faith is delicious. Nullus animae ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the ten commandments/4 5 the lords supper.htm

Delicious (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Delicious (3 Occurrences). Proverbs 9:17 Drink taken without
right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing. (See NIV). ...
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Nectar (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A sweet liquid secreted by a flower; a sweet,
delicious drink; a sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make honey. ...
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Dainty (7 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy. 3. (n.) A term of
fondness. ... 5. (superl.) Delicious to the palate; toothsome. ...
/d/dainty.htm - 10k

Lapwing (2 Occurrences)
... see). The lapwing is a plover, and its flesh and eggs are delicious food.
Multi-Version Concordance Lapwing (2 Occurrences). Leviticus ...
/l/lapwing.htm - 8k

Grateful (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious; as,
a grateful present; food grateful to the palate; grateful sleep. ...
/g/grateful.htm - 7k

Fowl (73 Occurrences)
... The young of the ostrich was delicious food, and no doubt when Solomon's ships brought
peafowl they also brought word that they were a delicacy for a king's ...
/f/fowl.htm - 36k

Fare (13 Occurrences)
... 9. (v.) Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer. 10. (v.) Food; provisions
for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare. 11. ...
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Rephidim (5 Occurrences)
... Palmer speaks of passing through the palm grove as a "most delightful" walk; "the
tall, graceful trees afforded a delicious shade, fresh water ran at our feet ...
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Dish (54 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold
dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. A dish fit for the gods. ...
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Delicates (1 Occurrence)

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