Psalm 40:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

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

Cross References

Job 23:12

I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.

Psalm 112:1

Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.

Psalm 119:16

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

Psalm 119:24

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

Psalm 119:47

And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to which I have given my love.

Psalm 119:92

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

Proverbs 3:1

My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

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.

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

John 4:34

Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

Romans 7:22

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

Romans 8:29

Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:

2 Corinthians 3:3

For you are clearly a letter of Christ, the fruit of our work, recorded not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in stone, but in hearts of flesh.