Psalms 101:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.”
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“I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 101:3 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:17You 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.”
- Exodus 32:8How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
- Deuteronomy 13:17Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,
- Deuteronomy 15:9Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
- Joshua 23:6Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.
- 1 Samuel 12:20“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.
- 1 Samuel 15:11“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
- 2 Samuel 11:2One 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.
- 1 Kings 21:2So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”
- Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
- Psalms 14:3All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
- Psalms 18:20The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
- Psalms 26:4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
- Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
- Psalms 39:1I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
- Psalms 40:4Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
- Psalms 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
- Psalms 78:41Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
- Psalms 78:57They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
- Psalms 97:10Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
- Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
- Psalms 119:113The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
- Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
- Psalms 139:22I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
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