Psalms 119:36
34 Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
35 Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
38 Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
- KJV
- Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
- WEB
- Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.
- ASV
- Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.
- DARBY
- Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.
- BLB
- Incline my heart toward Your testimonies, and not toward dishonest gain.
- ÅB
- Bøy mitt hjerte til dine vitnesbyrd og ikke til vinning!
- OTB
- Bøy mitt hjerte mot dine vitnesbyrd,
Og ikke mot uærlig vinning. - B1930
- Bøi mitt hjerte til dine vidnesbyrd og ikke til vinning!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 12:15
And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
Read in contextHebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
Read in contextMark 7:21–22
For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
Read in context1 Kings 8:58
May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
Read in contextPsalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Read in contextColossians 3:5
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
Read in contextExodus 18:21
Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
Read in context2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
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