Daily Bible Nugget #200, Psalm 19:8

The Nugget:

Psalm 19:8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

My Comment:

The Scriptures are designed for rejoicing the heart. You will be much happier if you read the Bible regularly for yourself, and even take time to study it. Following what God teaches in His Word, the Bible, will keep you on a much more productive path in life. You won’t end up going down wrong, even disastrous, roads or bypaths. Some people are looking for happiness and pleasure in all the wrong places. Reading the Bible will prove to be a most enlightening experience. You will come to understand much more about what is going on, and where things and people will end up. If you are grounded in God’s Word, you will have fewer anxieties in life. There will come times of difficulty, but you will know that no matter what befalls you, God cares and is in control. One book in the Bible in particular is devoted to the subject of joy and rejoicing. That book is the book of Philippians. It is a short book of four chapters. Paul wrote it while he was in prison. Roman prisons were not very pleasant places to be, chained to two soldiers, who guarded you in four-hour shifts. Paul used that as an opportunity to give out the Gospel to a wide range of individuals, who were used of God to reach still others. Whenever you think you have it bad, just turn in your Bible to 2 Corinthians 11:23-27. No matter your circumstances, no matter who or where you are, you have not gone through what Paul did. I do not read anywhere in Paul’s writings that he ever complained about what God allowed him to go through. In the midst of misery, he was able to write the book of Philippians, a book brimming with joy and gratitude. For more verses to encourage you, check out the cross references I have shared below for this verse, Psalm 19:8.

For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:

(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 544 for Psalm 19:8.

(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on page 596 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Psalm 19:8.

(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:

Psalm 19:8. statutes. Ps 105:45. *Ps 119:12, 16, 80, 171. Ge 26:5. Ex 18:16. Le 20:22. 23:14. +*Dt 4:1n, 5, 6. 2 S 22:23. 2 K 17:37. Ne 1:7. Ezk 20:19. 36:27. right. Ps 33:4. +*Ps 119:128. Jb 33:27. Ne 9:13. +*Pr 8:9. Is 45:19. *Ho 14:9. *Ep 6:1. rejoicing the heart. T#1052. *Ps 1:2. *Ps 40:8. 56:4. +*Ps 119:14, 24, 47, 54, 92, *Ps 119:111, 121, 143. Dt 12:11, 12. 16:11, 14. *Ne 8:12. +*Jb 23:12. Is 64:5. **Je 15:16. Ro 7:22. the commandment. +*Ps 119:96. Ne 1:7. is pure. *Ps 12:6. 18:20, 24, 26, 30. +*Ps 119:140. *Pr 30:5. *Da 10:21. Ro 7:12-14. **Phil 4:8. enlightening. Ps 13:3. 34:5. **Ps 119:98-100, 105, 130. Ezr 9:8. Pr 2:6. *Pr 6:23. *Pr 8:9. **+Is 8:20. 60:19. Ro 2:17-20. *Ro 3:20. 7:7. 2 Cor 3:7. Ga 2:19. *Ga 3:10-13, 21.