Psalm 19:8

God's Word

The instructions of the Lord are correct. They make the heart rejoice. The command of the Lord is radiant. It makes the eyes shine.

Cross References

Genesis 26:5

I will bless you because Abraham obeyed me and completed the duties, commands, laws, and instructions I gave him.”

2 Kings 17:37

Faithfully obey the laws, rules, teachings, and commands that he wrote for you: ‘Never worship other gods.

Nehemiah 8:12

Then all the people went to eat and drink and to send portions. They had a big, joyful celebration because they understood the words that had been explained to them.

Nehemiah 9:13

You came from heaven to Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them fair rules, trustworthy teachings, and good laws and commandments.

Psalm 105:45

so that they would obey his laws and follow his teachings. Hallelujah!

Psalm 111:7

His works are done with truth and justice. All his guiding principles are trustworthy.

Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.

Psalm 119:12

Thanks be to you, O Lord. Teach me your laws.

Psalm 119:121

I have done what is fair and right. Do not leave me at the mercy of those who oppress me.

Psalm 119:128

I follow the straight paths of your guiding principles. I hate every pathway that leads to lying.

Psalm 119:130

Your word is a doorway that lets in light, and it helps gullible people understand.

Psalm 119:14

I find joy in the way ⌞shown by⌟ your written instructions more than I find joy in all kinds of riches.

Psalm 119:143

Trouble and hardship have found me, but your commandments ⌞still⌟ make me happy.

Psalm 119:16

Your laws make me happy. I never forget your word.

Psalm 119:171

Let my lips pour out praise because you teach me your laws.

Psalm 119:24

Indeed, your written instructions make me happy. They are my best friends.

Psalm 119:40

I long for your guiding principles. Give me a new life in your righteousness.

Psalm 119:54

Your laws have become like psalms to me in this place where I am only a foreigner.

Psalm 119:80

Let my heart be filled with integrity in regard to your laws so that I will not be put to shame.

Psalm 119:92

If your teachings had not made me happy, then I would have died in my misery.

Psalm 12:6

The promises of the Lord are pure, like silver refined in a furnace and purified seven times.

Psalm 13:3

Look at me! Answer me, O Lord my God! Light up my eyes, or else I will die

Psalm 40:8

I am happy to do your will, O my God.” Your teachings are deep within me.

Psalm 93:5

Your written testimonies are completely reliable. O Lord, holiness is what makes your house beautiful for days without end.

Exodus 18:16

Whenever they have a disagreement and bring it to me, I decide which person is right, and I tell them God’s laws and instructions.”

Proverbs 2:6

The Lord gives wisdom. From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Proverbs 30:5

“All of God’s word has proven to be true. He is a shield to those who come to him for protection.

Proverbs 6:23

because the command is a lamp, the teachings are a light, and the warnings from discipline are the path of life

Isaiah 64:5

You greeted the one who gladly does right and remembers your ways. You showed your anger, because we’ve sinned. We’ve continued to sin for a long time. Can we still be saved?

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I devoured them. Your words are my joy and my heart’s delight, because I am called by your name, O Lord God of Armies.

Ezekiel 36:27

I will put my Spirit in you. I will enable you to live by my laws, and you will obey my rules.

Romans 3:20

Not one person can have God’s approval by any effort to follow the laws in the Scriptures. These laws show what sin is.

Romans 7:22

I take pleasure in God’s standards in my inner being.

Romans 7:7

What should we say, then? Are the laws in Moses’ Teachings sinful? That’s unthinkable! In fact, I wouldn’t have recognized sin if those laws hadn’t shown it to me. For example, I wouldn’t have known that some desires are sinful if Moses’ Teachings hadn’t said, “Never have wrong desires.”

Galatians 2:19

When I tried to obey the laws in the Scriptures, those laws killed me. As a result, I live in a relationship with God. I have been crucified with Christ.

Galatians 3:21

Does this mean, then, that the laws given to Moses contradict God’s promises? That’s unthinkable! If those laws could give us life, then certainly we would receive God’s approval because we obeyed them.

Deuteronomy 16:11

Enjoy yourselves in the presence of the Lord your God along with your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, the Levites who live in your cities, the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you. Enjoy yourselves at the place the Lord your God will choose for his name to live.

Deuteronomy 16:14

Enjoy yourselves at the festival along with your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities.