Psalms 119:16

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“I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.”

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BSBPD

“I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. ג GIMEL.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 119:16 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
  2. Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
  3. Psalms 119:11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
  4. Psalms 119:14I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
  5. Psalms 119:24Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
  6. Psalms 119:35Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
  7. Psalms 119:47I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
  8. Psalms 119:61Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
  9. Psalms 119:70Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.
  10. Psalms 119:77May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
  11. Psalms 119:83Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
  12. Psalms 119:92If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
  13. Psalms 119:93I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
  14. Psalms 119:109I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
  15. Psalms 119:141I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
  16. Psalms 119:143Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
  17. Psalms 119:153Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
  18. Psalms 119:174I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
  19. Psalms 119:176I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
  20. Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
  21. Proverbs 21:15Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
  22. Jeremiah 15:16Your 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.
  23. Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
  24. Hebrews 10:16“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”

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