I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.(Psalm 40:1)

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.(Psalm 40:2)

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.(Psalm 40:3)

Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.(Psalm 40:5)

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.(Psalm 40:6)

Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,(Psalm 40:7)

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Psalm 40:4 - Cross Reference

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. (Jeremiah 17:7)

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. (Jonah 2:8)

Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. (Jeremiah 10:14)

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. (Psalm 34:8)

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. (Psalm 118:8)

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. (Psalm 84:11)

And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. (Romans 15:12)

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. (Psalm 2:12)

They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. (Isaiah 44:18)

As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. (Psalm 125:5)

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. (Psalm 15:4)

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. (Psalm 101:3)

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. (Psalm 119:21)

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, (2 Thessalonians 2:9)