Psalm 40:8

Good News Translation

How I love to do your will, my God! I keep your teaching in my heart.”

Cross References

Job 23:12

I always do what God commands; I follow his will, not my own desires.

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord! Happy is the person who honors the Lord, who takes pleasure in obeying his commands.

Psalm 119:16

I take pleasure in your laws; your commands I will not forget.

Psalm 119:24

Your instructions give me pleasure; they are my advisers.

Psalm 119:47

I find pleasure in obeying your commands, because I love them.

Psalm 119:92

If your law had not been the source of my joy, I would have died from my sufferings.

Proverbs 3:1

My child, don't forget what I teach you. Always remember what I tell you to do.

Jeremiah 15:16

You spoke to me, and I listened to every word. I belong to you, Lord God Almighty, and so your words filled my heart with joy and happiness.

Jeremiah 31:33

The new covenant that I will make with the people of Israel will be this: I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

John 4:34

“My food,” Jesus said to them, “is to obey the will of the one who sent me and to finish the work he gave me to do.

Romans 7:22

My inner being delights in the law of God.

Romans 8:29

Those whom God had already chosen he also set apart to become like his Son, so that the Son would be the first among many believers.

2 Corinthians 3:3

It is clear that Christ himself wrote this letter and sent it by us. It is written, not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, and not on stone tablets but on human hearts.