Psalm 40:8

Thanksgiving And A Cry For Help

⁷ Then I said, “See, I have come;
it is written about me in the volume of the scroll.
⁸ I delight to do Your will, my God;
Your instruction lives within me.” ⁹ I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;
see, I do not keep my mouth closed—
as You know, Lord.

In Me

John 4:34

“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work,” Jesus told them.

Psalm 119:16

I will delight in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.

Psalm 119:24

Your decrees are my delight
and my counselors.

Psalm 119:92

If Your instruction had not been my delight,
I would have died in my affliction.

Jeremiah 31:33

“Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days”—the Lord’s declaration. “I will put My teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people.

2 Corinthians 3:3

It is clear that you are Christ’s letter, produced by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God—not on stone tablets but on tablets that are hearts of flesh.

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 food.

Psalm 37:30-31

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom;
his tongue speaks what is just.

Psalm 112:1

Hallelujah!
Happy is the man who fears the Lord,
taking great delight in His commands.

Psalm 119:47

I delight in Your commands,
which I love.

Proverbs 3:1

My son, don’t forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commands;

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I ate them.
Your words became a delight to me
and the joy of my heart,
for I am called by Your name,
Yahweh God of Hosts.

Romans 7:22

For in my inner self I joyfully agree with God’s law.

Romans 8:29

For those He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.