Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psa 40:8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.
Phrase of Scripture   Correlating Passages TSK Help

I delight   Psa 112:1; Psa 119:16,24,47,92; Job 23:12; Jer 15:16; Jhn 4:34; Rom 7:22; Rom 8:29
yea   Psa 37:30,31; Pro 3:1; Jer 31:33; 2Cr 3:3
within my heart   Heb. in the midst of my bowels.
Correlating Passages
I delight
Psa 112:1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed [is] the man [that] feareth the LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Psa 119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Psa 119:24 Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors.
Psa 119:47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Psa 119:92 Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
Job 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].
Jer 15:16 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.
Jhn 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Rom 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Rom 8:29 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.
yea
Psa 37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psa 37:31 The law of his God [is] in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
Pro 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Jer 31:33 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.
2Cr 3:3 [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.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 40:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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