Psalms 40:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
  • Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
  • Ps 119:24 : 24 Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.
  • Ps 119:47 : 47 And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to which I have given my love.
  • Ps 119:92 : 92 If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me.
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,
  • Ps 119:16 : 16 I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.
  • Ps 37:30-31 : 30 The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness. 31 The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make a false step.
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.
  • 2 Cor 3:3 : 3 For you are clearly a letter of Christ, the fruit of our work, recorded not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in stone, but in hearts of flesh.

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  • Ps 40:6-7
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    82%

    6You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.

    7Then I said, See, I come; it is recorded of me in the roll of the book,

  • Heb 10:6-9
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    6You had no joy in burned offerings or in offerings for sin.

    7Then I said, See, I have come to do your pleasure, O God (as it is said of me in the roll of the book).

    8After saying, You had no desire for offerings, for burned offerings or offerings for sin (which are made by the law) and you had no pleasure in them,

    9Then he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place.

  • Rom 7:22
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    22In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,

  • Ps 119:47
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    47And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to which I have given my love.

  • Ps 40:9-10
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    76%

    9I have given news of righteousness in the great meeting; O Lord, you have knowledge that I have not kept back my words.

    10Your righteousness has not been folded away in my heart; I have made clear your true word and your salvation; I have not kept secret your mercy or your faith from the great meeting.

  • Ps 119:174
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    174All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.

  • Ps 119:34-35
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    34Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.

    35Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are my delight.

  • Ps 119:16
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    16I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.

  • Ps 119:69-70
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    69The men of pride have said false things about me; but I will keep your orders in my heart.

    70Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is in your law.

  • Ps 119:77
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    77Let your gentle mercies come to me, so that I may have life; for your law is my delight.

  • Ps 37:4
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    4So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.

  • Ps 119:142-143
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    142Your righteousness is an unchanging righteousness, and your law is certain.

    143Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.

  • Ps 119:10-11
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    10I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching.

    11I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.

  • Heb 10:16
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    16This is the agreement which I will make with them after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws in their hearts, writing them in their minds; he said,

  • Ps 119:112
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    112My heart is ever ready to keep your rules, even to the end.

  • Ps 119:97
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    97<MEM> O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.

  • Isa 42:21
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    21It was the Lord's pleasure, because of his righteousness, to make the teaching great and give it honour.

  • Ps 143:10
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    10Give me teaching so that I may do your pleasure; for you are my God: let your good Spirit be my guide into the land of righteousness.

  • Ps 43:4
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    4Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, O God, my God.

  • Ps 119:40
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    40See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.

  • Heb 8:10
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    10For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:

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    7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs, and give praise.

  • Ps 45:1
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    1<To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.> My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

  • Ps 1:2
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    2But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

  • 2 Sam 15:26
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    26But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.

  • Ps 16:3
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    3As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.

  • Ps 119:127
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    127For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.

  • 2 Sam 22:20
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    20He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

  • Ps 26:8
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    8Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.

  • Ps 119:108
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    108Take, O Lord, the free offerings of my mouth, and give me knowledge of your decisions.

  • 1 Chr 29:17
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    17And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.

  • Ps 104:34
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    34Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord.

  • Ps 119:45
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    45So that my way may be in a wide place: because my search has been for your orders.

  • Ps 108:1
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    1<A Song. A Psalm. Of David.> O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs and melody, even with my glory.

  • Ps 119:7
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    7I will give you praise with an upright heart in learning your right decisions.

  • Ps 18:1
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    1<To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said,> I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength.

  • Ps 119:14
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    14I have taken as much delight in the way of your unchanging word, as in all wealth.

  • Ps 119:24
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    24Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.

  • Ps 37:31
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    31The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make a false step.

  • Ps 18:19
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    19He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

  • Ps 86:12
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    12I will give you praise, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will give glory to your name for ever.