Psalms 119:36
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
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 unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Read in contextHebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Read in contextMark 7:21–22
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Read in context1 Kings 8:58
That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which 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
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Read in contextExodus 18:21
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
Read in context2 Peter 2:3
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
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