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Psalm 16:11

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

9Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
10For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
11You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.
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The path of life leads into language of joy and lasting pleasure, placing God’s presence at the heart of what makes life good.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Acts 2:28You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’Both passages join God making known the way of life with the gladness found in his presence.
Psalm 31:19Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!Both describe good that comes from God: lasting pleasures in Psalm 16 and goodness stored up for those who fear him in Psalm 31.
Jude 1:24Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,God’s presence and joy belong together in both passages, with Jude describing being presented faultless before his glory.
Psalm 36:7–8How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.Both describe good found with God, though Psalm 16 names joy and Psalm 36 names refuge under his wings.
Psalm 23:6Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the LORD’s house forever.Both speak of lasting good with God, connecting his presence or house with a hope that reaches forever.
Revelation 7:15–17Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.Both describe being in God’s presence; Revelation adds service before his throne and the shelter of his tabernacle.
Ephesians 3:19and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.Fullness links these passages: Psalm 16 speaks of fullness of joy, while Ephesians speaks of being filled with God’s fullness.
Colossians 3:1If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.God’s right hand appears in both passages, as the place of lasting pleasures in the psalm and Christ’s seat in Colossians.
Psalm 36:8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.Both name pleasures that come from God, describing fullness of joy in his presence and abundant satisfaction in his house.
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.Both use a path to describe life, with Psalm 16 naming God’s guidance and Proverbs comparing the righteous path to growing light.
Revelation 22:3There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him.The shared thread is life in God’s presence; Psalm 16 names lasting pleasures, while Revelation describes his throne and his servants.
Matthew 7:14How narrow is the gate and the way is restricted that leads to life! There are few who find it.Both speak of a way leading to life, with Psalm 16 trusting God to show it and Matthew describing its narrowness.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. fear for the future. death and what comes after.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Thank God for the joy of his presence

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Encouragement

You do not have to manufacture the fullness described here. The verse locates joy in God’s presence, and the pleasures in his right hand have no end.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).