Psalm 40:8

New Living Translation

I take joy in doing your will, my God, for your instructions are written on my heart.”

Cross References

Job 23:12

I have not departed from his commands, but have treasured his words more than daily food.

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord! How joyful are those who fear the Lord and delight in obeying his commands.

Psalm 119:16

I will delight in your decrees and not forget your word.

Psalm 119:24

Your laws please me; they give me wise advice.

Psalm 119:47

How I delight in your commands! How I love them!

Psalm 119:92

If your instructions hadn’t sustained me with joy, I would have died in my misery.

Proverbs 3:1

My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart.

Jeremiah 15:16

When I discovered your words, I devoured them. They are my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.

Jeremiah 31:33

“But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

John 4:34

Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.

Romans 7:22

I love God’s law with all my heart.

Romans 8:29

For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

2 Corinthians 3:3

Clearly, you are a letter from Christ showing the result of our ministry among you. This “letter” is written not with pen and ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. It is carved not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts.