Jeremiah 15:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.”
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“Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 15:16 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 8:12Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.
- Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
- Psalms 19:10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
- Psalms 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
- Psalms 119:72The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
- Psalms 119:97Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
- Psalms 119:101I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
- Psalms 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
- Jeremiah 14:9Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
- Ezekiel 3:1“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
- Ezekiel 3:3“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
- Revelation 10:9And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
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