Psalms 37:4

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“Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”

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When we delight in the LORD, he gives us the desires of our heart—because delighting in him reshapes what we desire toward what he loves.

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BSBPD

“Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 37:4 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 22:26Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
  2. Job 27:10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
  3. Job 34:9For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
  4. Psalms 21:1O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!
  5. Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
  6. Psalms 104:34May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
  7. Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
  8. Proverbs 10:24What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
  9. Song of Solomon 2:3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
  10. Isaiah 58:14then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
  11. John 15:7If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
  12. John 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
  13. 1 Peter 1:8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
  14. 1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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