Psalm 1:2
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2 But they delight in the law of the Lord,
meditating on it day and night.
Joshua 1:8
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8 Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.
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Psalm 119:92
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92 If your instructions hadn’t sustained me with joy,
I would have died in my misery.
Psalm 119:11
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11 I have hidden your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 119:97-99
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97 Oh, how I love your instructions!
I think about them all day long.
98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
for they are my constant guide.
99 Yes, I have more insight than my teachers,
for I am always thinking of your laws.
Romans 7:22
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22 I love God’s law with all my heart.
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Jeremiah 15:16
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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.
Psalm 119:15-16
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15 I will study your commandments
and reflect on your ways.
16 I will delight in your decrees
and not forget your word.
Psalm 119:35
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35 Make me walk along the path of your commands,
for that is where my happiness is found.
Psalm 112:1
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Psalm 112[a]
1 Praise the Lord!
How joyful are those who fear the Lord
and delight in obeying his commands.
Footnotes
- 112 This psalm is a Hebrew acrostic poem; after the introductory note of praise, each line begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Psalm 104:34
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34 May all my thoughts be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.
Psalm 40:8
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8 I take joy in doing your will, my God,
for your instructions are written on my heart.”
Psalm 119:1
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Psalm 119[a]
Aleph
1 Joyful are people of integrity,
who follow the instructions of the Lord.
Footnotes
- 119 This psalm is a Hebrew acrostic poem; there are twenty-two stanzas, one for each successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Each of the eight verses within each stanza begins with the Hebrew letter named in its heading.
1 John 5:3
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3 Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome.
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Psalm 119:47-48
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47 How I delight in your commands!
How I love them!
48 I honor and love your commands.
I meditate on your decrees.
Job 23:12
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12 I have not departed from his commands,
but have treasured his words more than daily food.
Psalm 119:72
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72 Your instructions are more valuable to me
than millions in gold and silver.
1 Timothy 4:15
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15 Give your complete attention to these matters. Throw yourself into your tasks so that everyone will see your progress.
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Luke 2:37
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37 Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four.[a] She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer.
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- 2:37 Or She had been a widow for eighty-four years.
2 Timothy 1:3
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Encouragement to Be Faithful
3 Timothy, I thank God for you—the God I serve with a clear conscience, just as my ancestors did. Night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.
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1 Thessalonians 2:9
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9 Don’t you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that we would not be a burden to any of you as we preached God’s Good News to you.
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Luke 18:7
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7 Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?
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Psalm 88:1
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Psalm 88
For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah. A song to be sung to the tune “The Suffering of Affliction.” A psalm[a] of Heman the Ezrahite.
1 O Lord, God of my salvation,
I cry out to you by day.
I come to you at night.
Footnotes
- 88:Title Hebrew maskil. This may be a literary or musical term.
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