Psalm 40:8

New International Reader's Version

My God, I have come to do what you want. Your law is in my heart.”

Cross References

Job 23:12

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

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who have respect for the Lord. They find great delight when they obey God’s commands.

Psalm 119:16

I take delight in your orders. I won’t fail to obey your word.

Psalm 119:24

Your covenant laws are my delight. They give me wise advice.

Psalm 119:47

I take delight in obeying your commands because I love them.

Psalm 119:92

If I had not taken delight in your law, I would have died because of my suffering.

Proverbs 3:1

My son, do not forget my teaching. Keep my commands in your heart.

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.

Jeremiah 31:33

“This is the covenant I will make with Israel after that time,” announces the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds. I will write it on their hearts. I will be their God. And they will be my people.

John 4:34

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

Romans 7:22

Deep inside me I find joy in God’s law.

Romans 8:29

God planned that those he had chosen would become like his Son. In that way, Christ will be the first and most honored among many brothers and sisters.

2 Corinthians 3:3

You make it clear that you are a letter from Christ. You are the result of our work for God. You are a letter written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God. You are a letter written not on tablets made out of stone but on human hearts.