Psalms 101:3
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Psalms 101:3 in other translations
| BSB | 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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| WEB | I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me. |
| ASV | I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me. |
| YLT | I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me. |
| DARBY | I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. |
| BBE | I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me. |
| Webster | I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. |
What does Psalms 101:3 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Psalms 101:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 101:3
- Psalms 119:37
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
- Job 31:1
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
- James 1:13-15
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: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
- 2 Samuel 11:2-3
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. 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?
- Proverbs 6:25
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
- Matthew 5:28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
- Psalms 40:4
Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
- 1 Samuel 12:20-21
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; And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
- Exodus 20:17
Thou 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.
- Romans 12:9
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
- Deuteronomy 15:9
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
- Joshua 23:6
Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
18:20-23; 26:4,5; 39:1; 119:37,113; Ex 20:17; 2Sa 11:2,3
1Ki 21:2-29; Job 31:1; Pr 6:25; 23:31-35; Ec 6:9; Isa 33:15
Jer 22:17; Ho 7:6,7; Mic 2:2; Mt 5:28; Jas 1:13-15
wicked thing. Heb. thing of Belial.
1Ki 21:13
I hate.
97:10; Ro 12:9
them.
14:3; 36:3; 40:4; 78:41,57; 125:5; Ex 32:8; Jos 23:6; 1Sa 12:20,21
1Sa 15:11; Isa 30:11; Zep 1:5,6; Ga 4:9; Heb 10:39; 2Pe 2:21
1Jo 2:19
it shall not.
De 13:17
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Context
- Psalms 101:2
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
- Psalms 101:3
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
- Psalms 101:4
A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
Psalms 101:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No pondré delante de mis ojos cosa injusta: aborrezco la obra de los que se desvían: ninguno de ellos se allegará á mí. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Je ne mettrai pas devant mes yeux une chose de Bélial; je hais la conduite de ceux qui se détournent: elle ne s’attachera point à moi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ich will kein Belialsstück vor meine Augen stellen; das Tun der Abtrünnigen hasse ich: es soll mir nicht ankleben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non avertas faciem tuam a me: in quacumque die tribulor, inclina ad me aurem tuam; in quacumque die invocavero te, velociter exaudi me. |