Psalm 1:2
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Cross-reference
Psalm 119:15 echoes this same commitment to meditate on God's precepts and fix eyes on His ways.
Psalm 119:97-99 expands on loving God's law and meditating on it all day, gaining wisdom.
Psalm 119:92 credits delight in God's law with sustaining life, deepening the significance of such delight.
Psalm 119:48 explicitly mentions meditating on statutes, directly mirroring the meditation on law in Psalm 1:2.
Psalm 119:47 repeats the delight in commandments, reinforcing the theme of joyful obedience.
Psalm 119:35 also uses 'delight' in God's commandments, echoing the same heart attitude toward God's law.
Psalm 112:1 also describes the blessed man who delights in God's commandments, directly paralleling Psalm 1:2's delight in the law.
Psalm 40:8 expresses the same delight in doing God's will and having His law in the heart, echoing Psalm 1:2's delight in the law.
Psalm 37:31 says the law of God is in the righteous heart — directly parallels internalizing the law through meditation.
In Psalm 119:174, the psalmist declares God's law is his delight, mirroring the same delight in the law from Psalm 1:2.
Psalm 119:77 explicitly says 'your law is my delight' — a direct echo of Psalm 1:2's delight in the law.
In Psalm 119:78, the psalmist also resolves to meditate on God's precepts, directly echoing the delight and meditation of Psalm 1:2.
Psalm 119:11 speaks of storing God's word in the heart to avoid sin, a practical outworking of Psalm 1:2's meditation on the law.
Psalm 119:72 values God's law above riches, showing a similar esteem for the law as a treasure.
Joshua 1:8 commands meditation on the Book of the Law day and night, directly paralleling this verse.
Jeremiah 15:16 describes eating God's words as joy and delight, a vivid parallel to delighting in the law.
Romans 7:22 uses the exact phrase 'delight in the law of God', showing Paul's continuity with the psalmist.
Proverbs 18:2 contrasts the fool who takes no pleasure in understanding with the righteous who delights in God's law.
Jeremiah 6:10 describes people who take no pleasure in God's word, the opposite of the delight in the law shown in Psalm 1:2.
Ezra 7:10 describes Ezra's devotion to study, do, and teach the law — a strong parallel to delighting and meditating on the law.
John 5:39 shows people searching the Scriptures, a practice akin to meditating on God's law day and night as in Psalm 1:2.
Acts 17:11 describes the Bereans examining the Scriptures daily, directly reflecting the day-and-night meditation on God's law.
Deuteronomy 17:19 commands the king to read the law daily — a direct parallel to the blessed man's day-and-night meditation.
Job 23:12 treasures God's words more than food, paralleling the delight and priority given to God's law.
1 Timothy 4:13 echoes the call to engage with Scripture—public reading and teaching parallels the delight and meditation on God's law here.
1 John 5:3 connects love for God with keeping his commandments, a related but distinct emphasis on obedience.