Job 23:12

New International Reader's Version

I haven’t disobeyed his commands. I’ve treasured his words more than my daily bread.

Cross References

Job 15:11

Aren’t God’s words of comfort enough for you? He speaks them to you gently.

Job 22:22

Do what he teaches you to do. Keep his words in your heart.

Job 23:13

“But he’s the only God. Who can oppose him? He does anything he wants to do.

Job 33:9

You said, ‘I’m pure. I have done no wrong. I’m clean. I’m free from sin.

Job 6:10

Then I’d still have one thing to comfort me. It would be that I haven’t said no to the Holy One’s commands. That would give me joy in spite of my pain that never ends.

Psalm 119:103

Your words are very sweet to my taste! They are sweeter than honey to me.

Psalm 119:11

I have hidden your word in my heart so that I won’t sin against you.

Psalm 119:127

I love your commands more than gold. I love them more than pure gold.

Psalm 33:11

But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever. What he wants to do will last for all time.

Proverbs 30:8

Keep lies far away from me. Don’t make me either poor or rich, but give me only the bread I need each day.

Jeremiah 15:16

When I received your words, I ate them. They filled me with joy. My heart took delight in them. Lord God who rules over all, I belong to you.

Luke 12:42

The Lord answered, “Suppose a master puts one of his servants in charge of his other servants. The servant’s job is to give them the food they are to receive at the right time. The master wants a faithful and wise manager for this.

Luke 12:46

The master of that servant will come back on a day the servant doesn’t expect him. The master will return at an hour the servant doesn’t know. Then the master will cut him to pieces. He will send the servant to the place where unbelievers go.

John 4:32

But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

John 4:34

Jesus said, “My food is to do what my Father sent me to do. My food is to finish his work.

John 8:31

Jesus spoke to the Jews who had believed him. “If you obey my teaching,” he said, “you are really my disciples.

Acts 14:22

There they helped the believers gain strength. They told them to remain faithful to what they had been taught. “We must go through many hard times to enter God’s kingdom,” they said.

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn babies, you should long for the pure milk of God’s word. It will help you grow up as believers.

1 John 2:19

These enemies left our community of believers. They didn’t really belong to us. If they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But by leaving they showed that none of them belonged to us.