Psalm 16:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ As for the saints in the land, they are the noble, in whom is all my delight.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ But to the saints that are in the earth, And to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ As for the godly (the saints) who are in the land, they are the excellent, the noble, and the glorious, in whom is all my delight.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

Common English Bible

³ Now as for the “holy ones” in the land, the “magnificent ones” that I was so happy about;

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.

Psalm 16:3 Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:41

“And now arise, O Lord God, and go to thy resting place, thou and the ark of thy might. Let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in thy goodness.

Psalm 101:6

I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minster to me.

Psalm 116:15

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

Psalm 119:63

I am a companion of all who fear thee, of those who keep thy precepts.

Psalm 122:8

For my brethren and companions' sake I will say, “Peace be within you!”

Psalm 30:4

Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name.

Proverbs 12:26

A righteous man turns away from evil, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Proverbs 13:20

He who walks with wise men becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 8:31

rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the sons of men.

Song of Solomon 7:10

I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.

Isaiah 62:4

You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate; but you shall be called My delight is in her, and your land Married; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married.

Malachi 3:17

“They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, my special possession on the day when I act, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.

Acts 9:13

But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem;

Galatians 6:10

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Ephesians 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are also faithful in Christ Jesus:

Titus 3:8

The saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.