In Psalm 119:40, the same longing for precepts appears with a plea for preservation — directly paralleling the consumed longing here.

In Psalm 119:131, panting for commands intensifies the same consuming longing — using vivid physical imagery.

Psalm 119:39 affirms God's laws are good — the same laws the psalmist longs for in v20. Both within same psalm about devotion to the law.

In Psalm 119:174, longing for salvation is paired with delight in law — echoing the consuming desire for laws here.

Psalm 119:81 expresses longing for salvation and hope in God's word — similar intensity but different object than the longing for laws in v20.

Psalm 42:1 uses the same soul-pants imagery but for God Himself — expanding the object of longing beyond the law.

Psalm 63:1 parallels the soul's thirst/consuming longing but directs it to God personally — not just His laws.

Psalm 84:2 echoes the soul's longing but for God's presence in the temple — a different focus than longing for laws.

Psalm 106:3 pronounces blessing on those who do what is right — echoing the psalmist's desire to live by God's law.

Revelation 3:16 shows the consequence of spiritual indifference — opposite to the psalmist's all-consuming longing for God's law.

Revelation 3:15 rebukes Laodicea's lukewarmness — a stark contrast to the consuming longing for God's law in Psalm 119:20.

Job 23:12 treasures God's commands 'more than daily bread' — a strong parallel to the psalmist's consuming desire for God's law.

Romans 7:24 cries for rescue from sin's power — contrasting the psalmist's longing for law with Paul's struggle to keep it.

Leviticus 20:22 warns that disobedience leads to the land vomiting out its inhabitants — the same laws the psalmist longs to keep bring life or death.

Proverbs 13:12 describes the heart-sickness of deferred hope — echoing the intense longing of Psalm 119:20 but with a different outcome.

Song of Solomon 5:8 expresses being 'sick with love' — a parallel intensity of longing, though for a human beloved rather than God's law.

Job 23:11 describes steadfast following of God's way — similar to the psalmist's longing to walk in God's law.