Psalm 119:167

My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

Cross-reference

Psalm 119:6-8 also speaks of obeying God's commands to avoid shame, showing the same commitment to obedience as love-driven here.

Psalm 119:97 expresses love for God's law with meditation — directly paralleling the love that motivates obedience in this verse.

Psalm 119:111 calls God's statutes a joy and heritage — matching the delight in obeying because of love here.

Psalm 119:159 shows love for precepts and a plea for life — echoing the same love for God's commands that drives obedience here.

Psalm 119:47 also delights and loves God's commandments, reinforcing the same devotion to testimonies.

Psalm 119:174 combines longing for salvation with delight in the law, echoing the love for testimonies here.

Psalm 119:95 shows considering testimonies amid threats—same commitment to God's word but in a different situation.

Psalm 40:8 Parallel

In Psalm 40:8, delight in God's will and law within heart parallels the soul's love for testimonies here.

In John 14:21-24, Jesus ties keeping his commands to loving him — a NT parallel to obeying statutes because of love here.

John 15:10 Parallel

John 15:10 directly connects keeping commands to remaining in love — a clear NT parallel to obeying out of love for God's statutes here.

Romans 7:22 Parallel

Romans 7:22 echoes delight in God's law in the inner being, mirroring the soul's love for testimonies.