Psalm 19:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.

Cross References

Genesis 26:5

Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.

2 Kings 17:37

And the rules and the orders and the law which he put in writing for you, you are to keep and do for ever; you are to have no other gods.

Nehemiah 8:12

And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.

Nehemiah 9:13

And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders:

Psalm 105:45

So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.

Psalm 111:7

The works of his hands are faith and righteousness; all his laws are unchanging.

Psalm 119:105

NUN Your word is a light for my feet, ever shining on my way.

Psalm 119:12

Praise be to you, O Lord: give me knowledge of your rules.

Psalm 119:121

AIN I have done what is good and right: you will not give me into the hands of those who are working against me.

Psalm 119:128

Because of it I keep straight in all things by your orders; and I am a hater of every false way.

Psalm 119:130

The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.

Psalm 119:14

I have taken as much delight in the way of your unchanging word, as in all wealth.

Psalm 119:143

Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.

Psalm 119:16

I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.

Psalm 119:171

Let my lips be flowing with praise, because you have given me knowledge of your rules.

Psalm 119:24

Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.

Psalm 119:40

See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.

Psalm 119:54

Your rules have been melodies to me, while I have been living in strange lands.

Psalm 119:80

Let all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may not be put to shame.

Psalm 119:92

If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me.

Psalm 12:6

The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.

Psalm 13:3

Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;

Psalm 40:8

My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.

Psalm 93:5

Your witness is most certain; it is right for your house to be holy, O Lord, for ever.

Exodus 18:16

And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God.

Proverbs 2:6

For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.

Proverbs 6:23

For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

Isaiah 64:5

Will you not have mercy on him who takes pleasure in doing righteousness, even on those who keep in mind your ways? Truly you were angry, and we went on doing evil, and sinning against you in the past.

Jeremiah 15:16

But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.

Ezekiel 36:27

And I will put my spirit in you, causing you to be guided by my rules, and you will keep my orders and do them.

Romans 3:20

Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Romans 7:22

In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,

Romans 7:7

What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.

Galatians 2:19

For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.

Galatians 3:21

Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

Deuteronomy 16:11

Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name.

Deuteronomy 16:14

You are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you.