Psalm 116:1

Thanksgiving For God's Deliverance

¹ I love the Lord, because He hears [and continues to hear]
My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs).
²
Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call on Him as long as I live.

To the Lord

Jehovah

Genesis 35:2

Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the [idols and images of] foreign gods that are among you, and ceremonially purify yourselves and change [into fresh] clothes;

1 Samuel 1:26

Hannah said, “Oh, my lord! As [surely as] your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood beside you here, praying to the Lord.

Psalm 18:1-6

“I love You [fervently and devotedly], O Lord, my strength.”

Psalm 31:22-23

As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from Your eyes.”
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications (specific requests)
When I cried to You [for help].

Psalm 34:3-4

O magnify the Lord with me,
And let us lift up His name together.

Psalm 40:1

I waited patiently and expectantly for the Lord;
And He inclined to me and heard my cry.

Psalm 66:19-20

But certainly God has heard [me];
He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

Psalm 69:33

For the Lord hears the needy
And does not despise His who are prisoners.

Psalm 119:132

Turn to me and be gracious to me and show me favor,
As is Your way to those who love Your name.

Mark 12:33

and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to [unselfishly] love one’s neighbor as oneself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

John 16:24

Until now you have not asked [the Father] for anything in My name; but now ask and keep on asking and you will receive, so that your joy may be full and complete.

John 21:17

He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me [with a deep, personal affection for Me, as for a close friend]?” Peter was grieved that He asked him the third time, “Do you [really] love Me [with a deep, personal affection, as for a close friend]?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know everything; You know that I love You [with a deep, personal affection, as for a close friend].” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.

1 John 4:19

We love, because He first loved us.

1 John 5:2-3

By this we know [without any doubt] that we love the children of God: [expressing that love] when we love God and obey His commandments.