Psa 40:8
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law {is} within my heart. {within...: Heb. in the midst of my bowels}
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For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
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}
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Thy testimonies also {are} my delight {and} my counsellors. {my counsellors: Heb. men of my counsel}
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Unless thy law {had been} my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
But this {shall be} the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Praise ye the LORD. Blessed {is} the man {that} feareth the LORD, {that} delighteth greatly in his commandments. {Praise...: Heb. Hallelujah}
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
{Forasmuch as ye are} manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary {food}. {esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up} {my...: or, my appointed portion}
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate {to be} conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
But this {shall be} the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
But his delight {is} in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as {it is} in heaven.
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. {willing, remove: Gr. willing to remove}
The law of his God {is} in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. {steps: or, goings}
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
{Forasmuch as ye are} manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Blessed {is} the man whose strength {is} in thee; in whose heart {are} the ways {of them}.
For this is the will of God, {even} your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Praise ye the LORD. Blessed {is} the man {that} feareth the LORD, {that} delighteth greatly in his commandments. {Praise...: Heb. Hallelujah}
If his offering {be} a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart {is} my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
The statutes of the LORD {are} right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD {is} pure, enlightening the eyes.
My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear {is} uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
And he said, Abba, Father, all things {are} possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
Their heart is as fat as grease; {but} I delight in thy law.
The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make {it} honourable. {it: or, him}
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, {even} thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
{It is} joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction {shall be} to the workers of iniquity.
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! {straitened: or, pained}
But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: