Psalms 1:2
But bhis delight is in the law of the LORD; and cin his law doth he meditate day and night.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
b:
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.
Psalms 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Psalms 119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Psalms 119:47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Psalms 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psalms 119:127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Psalms 119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
Psalms 19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
Jeremiah 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.
Romans 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Acts 26:22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
c:
Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Psalms 119:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
Psalms 119:15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
Psalms 119:55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
Psalms 119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Psalms 119:81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Psalms 119:97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
i.e. in the study and practice of it, as appears from the context. The law of God may be here understood of the whole doctrine delivered by God to the church, consisting of doctrines, precepts, promises, and threatening, &c.; as it is taken Psa 37:1 58:1 Isa 51:7 Joh 10:34; or more particularly of the preceptive part of it, which is commonly so called; and so this is noted as the peculiar character of a good man, that he delighteth himself not only in the promises, which a bad man may do, Mat 13:20, but even in the commands of God, Psa 112:1 119:47 127 143 1Jn 5:3, which are unwelcome and burdensome to a wicked man.
The word
implies a deep, and serious, and affectionate thoughtfulness about it: see Psa 19:14 49:3 Pro 24:2 Isa 33:18.
not seldom and slightly, as hypocrites do; but diligently, frequently, constantly, and upon all occasions.