Psalm 101:3
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I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
In other translations
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
Hebrew words
לֹא־lo'-notH3808אָשִׁית׀'ashitI will setH7896לְנֶגֶדlenegedto beforeH5048עֵינַי'einaieyes myH5869דְּבַר־devar-a thing ofH1697בְּלִיָּעַלbeliya'alworthlessnessH1100עֲשֹׂה־'asoh-[the] doing ofH6213סֵטִיםsetimswerving deedsH7846שָׂנֵאתִיsanetiI hateH8130לֹאlo'notH3808יִדְבַּקyidbakit will clingH1692בִּי׃bito me
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Psalm 119:37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
- Job 31:1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
- James 1:13-1513 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. 15 Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
- 2 Samuel 11:2-32 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. 3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath–sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?2 One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman. 3 So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
- Proverbs 6:25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
- Matthew 5:28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- Psalm 40:4Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
- 1 Samuel 12:20-2120 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart; 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.20 “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart. 21 Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
- Exodus 20:17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
- Romans 12:9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
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