Psalm 40:8

New English Translation

I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts.”

Cross References

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord! How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.

Psalm 119:16

I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions. ג (Gimel)

Psalm 119:24

Yes, I find delight in your rules; they give me guidance. ד (Dalet)

Psalm 119:47

I will find delight in your commands, which I love.

Psalm 119:92

If I had not found encouragement in your law, I would have died in my sorrow.

Proverbs 3:1

My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

Jeremiah 15:16

As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you.

Jeremiah 31:33

“But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the Lord. “I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.

John 4:34

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

Romans 8:29

because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

2 Corinthians 3:3

revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.