Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. {I am...: Heb. thy name is called upon me}

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! {yea, sweeter} than honey to my mouth! {taste: Heb. palate}

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

The fear of the LORD {is} clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD {are} true {and} righteous altogether. {true: Heb. truth}

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, {then} are ye my disciples indeed;

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

From that {time} many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

Confirming the souls of the disciples, {and} exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom {his} lord shall make ruler over his household, to give {them their} portion of meat in due season?

The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for {him}, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. {cut...: or, cut him off}

Now the just shall live by faith: but if {any man} draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would {no doubt} have continued with us: but {they went out}, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. {I am...: Heb. thy name is called upon me}

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Give us this day our daily bread.

But his delight {is} in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

The law of the LORD {is} perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD {is} sure, making wise the simple. {law: or, doctrine} {converting: or, restoring}

But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: {convenient...: Heb. of my allowance}

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as {much as} in all riches.

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! {yea, sweeter} than honey to my mouth! {taste: Heb. palate}

And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take {it}, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law {is} within my heart. {within...: Heb. in the midst of my bowels}

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: {yet} thy commandments {are} my delights. {taken...: Heb. found me}

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

More to be desired {are they} than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. {the honeycomb: Heb. the dropping of honeycombs}

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. {of wisdom: Heb. of heart}

For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat {it}; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and {when} he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

And there was set {meat} before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.