Psalm 37:4

Good News Translation

Seek your happiness in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desire.

Cross References

Job 22:26

Then you will always trust in God and find that he is the source of your joy.

Job 27:10

They should have desired the joy he gives; they should have constantly prayed to him.

Job 34:9

He says that it never does any good to try to follow God's will.

Psalm 104:34

May he be pleased with my song, for my gladness comes from him.

Psalm 145:19

He supplies the needs of those who honor him; he hears their cries and saves them.

Psalm 43:4

Then I will go to your altar, O God; you are the source of my happiness. I will play my harp and sing praise to you, O God, my God.

Proverbs 10:24

The righteous get what they want, but the wicked will get what they fear most.

Song of Solomon 2:3

Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my dearest compared to other men. I love to sit in its shadow, and its fruit is sweet to my taste.

Isaiah 58:14

then you will find the joy that comes from serving me. I will make you honored all over the world, and you will enjoy the land I gave to your ancestor, Jacob. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

John 15:16

You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that endures. And so the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.

John 15:7

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then you will ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it.

1 Peter 1:8

You love him, although you have not seen him, and you believe in him, although you do not now see him. So you rejoice with a great and glorious joy which words cannot express,