Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Bible References
I have
Psalm 119:5
If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes!
Matthew 26:41
Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Romans 7:24
Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.
Galatians 5:17
For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want.
Philippians 3:13
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,