Psalm 1:2
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2 but their delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law they meditate day and night.(A)
Joshua 1:8
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8 This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful.(A)
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Psalm 119:92
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92 If your law had not been my delight,
I would have perished in my misery.
Psalm 119:11
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11 I treasure your word in my heart,
so that I may not sin against you.(A)
Psalm 119:97-99
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97 Oh, how I love your law!
It is my meditation all day long.(A)
98 Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
for it is always with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for your decrees are my meditation.
Psalm 119:35
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35 Lead me in the path of your commandments,
for I delight in it.
Romans 7:22
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22 For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self,(A)
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Psalm 119:15-16
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15 I will meditate on your precepts
and fix my eyes on your ways.(A)
16 I will delight in your statutes;
I will not forget your word.(B)
Psalm 112:1
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Psalm 112
Blessings of the Righteous
1 Praise the Lord!
Happy are those who fear the Lord,
who greatly delight in his commandments.(A)
Jeremiah 15:16
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16 Your words were found, and I ate them,
and your words became to me a joy
and the delight of my heart,
for I am called by your name,
O Lord, God of hosts.(A)
Psalm 40:8
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8 I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.”(A)
Psalm 104:34
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34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.
1 John 5:3
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3 For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,(A)
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1 Timothy 4:15
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15 Put these things into practice, devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress.
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Psalm 119:72
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72 The law of your mouth is better to me
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.(A)
Psalm 119:1
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Psalm 119
The Glories of God’s Law
1 Happy are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the Lord.(A)
Job 23:12
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12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured his words in my bosom.[a](A)
Footnotes
- 23.12 Gk: Heb words more than my daily bread
Psalm 119:47-48
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47 I find my delight in your commandments
because I love them.
48 I revere your commandments, which I love,
and I will meditate on your statutes.(A)
Luke 2:37
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37 then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day.(A)
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2 Timothy 1:3
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Thanksgiving and Encouragement
3 I am grateful to God—whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.(A)
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Luke 18:7
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7 And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?
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1 Thessalonians 2:9
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9 You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.(A)
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Psalm 88:1
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Psalm 88
Prayer for Help in Despondency
A Song. A Psalm of the Korahites. To the leader: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
1 O Lord, God of my salvation,
at night, when I cry out before you,(A)
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