Psalms 16:3 Cross References

Psalms 16:3

3: The godly people in the land are my true heroes! I take pleasure in them!

For God is not unfair. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other Christians, as you still do.

"They will be my people," says the LORD Almighty. "On the day when I act, they will be my own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares an obedient and dutiful child.

Whoever walks with the wise will become wise; whoever walks with fools will suffer harm.

And how happy I was with what he created--his wide world and all the human family!

If we love our Christian brothers and sisters, it proves that we have passed from death to eternal life. But a person who has no love is still dead.
Anyone who hates another Christian is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don't have eternal life within them.
We know what real love is because Christ gave up his life for us. And so we also ought to give up our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters.
But if anyone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need and refuses to help--how can God's love be in that person?

And you husbands must love your wives with the same love Christ showed the church. He gave up his life for her
to make her holy and clean, washed by baptism and God's word.
He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault.

Never again will you be called the Godforsaken City or the Desolate Land. Your new name will be the City of God's Delight and the Bride of God, for the LORD delights in you and will claim you as his own.

And now, O LORD God, arise and enter this resting place of yours, where your magnificent Ark has been placed. May your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may your saints rejoice in your goodness.

"But Lord," exclaimed Ananias, "I've heard about the terrible things this man has done to the believers in Jerusalem!

Whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone, especially to our Christian brothers and sisters.

I will keep a protective eye on the godly, so they may dwell with me in safety. Only those who are above reproach will be allowed to serve me.

This letter is from Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. It is written to God's holy people in Ephesus, who are faithful followers of Christ Jesus.

These things I have told you are all true. I want you to insist on them so that everyone who trusts in God will be careful to do good deeds all the time. These things are good and beneficial for everyone.

How beautiful you are, my beloved, how beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are like doves. Your hair falls in waves, like a flock of goats frisking down the slopes of Gilead.
Your teeth are as white as sheep, newly shorn and washed. They are perfectly matched; not one is missing.
Your lips are like a ribbon of scarlet. Oh, how beautiful your mouth! Your cheeks behind your veil are like pomegranate halves--lovely and delicious.
Your neck is as stately as the tower of David, jeweled with the shields of a thousand heroes.
Your breasts are like twin fawns of a gazelle, feeding among the lilies.

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