Romans 7:22

In his inmost self Paul delights in God's law. His deepest desires are aligned with what God commands.

Cross-references · 25

• Ps 1:2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
• Ps 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
• Ps 119:35Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
• Ps 119:47–48I delight in Your commandments because I love 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.
• Heb 8:10For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
• Ps 119:97–104Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
• 2 Cor 4:16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
• Ps 119:92If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
• Ps 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
• Ps 19:8–10The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
• Ps 119:174I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
• Ps 119:167I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
• 1 Pet 3:4but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
• Eph 3:16I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
• Rom 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
• Ps 119:72The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
• Ps 119:24Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
• Ps 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
• Ps 119:127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
• Isa 51:7Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.
• Ps 119:113The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
• Col 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
• John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
• Rom 2:29No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.

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