Psalm 40:8

New International Version

I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.”

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 daily bread.

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands.

Psalm 119:16

I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.

Psalm 119:24

Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.

Psalm 119:47

for I delight in your commands because I love them.

Psalm 119:92

If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

Proverbs 3:1

My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,

Jeremiah 15:16

When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, Lord God Almighty.

Jeremiah 31:33

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

John 4:34

“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

Romans 7:22

For in my inner being I delight in God’s law;

Romans 8:29

For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

2 Corinthians 3:3

You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.