Psalms 101 · Verse 4

Psalms 101:4

A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
Psalms 101:4, King James Version

Psalms 101:4 in other translations

BSBA perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.
WEBA perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
ASVA perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.
YLTA perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.
DARBYA perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil.
BBEThe false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend.
WebsterA froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

What does Psalms 101:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. A froward heart--or, "perverse heart" (Psa 18:26). Such a temper I will not indulge, nor even know evil or wickedness.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 A froward heart - Rash and headstrong men shall not be employed by me. I will not know a wicked person - I will give no countenance to sinners of any kind; and whatever is evil shall be an object of my abhorrence.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 101:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לֵבָ֣בle.Vava heartH3824
עִ֭קֵּשׁ'I.keshperverseH6141
יָס֣וּרya.Surit will departH5493
מִמֶּ֑נִּיmi.Me.nifrom meH4480
רָ֝֗עRa'evilH7451
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
אֵדָֽע\׃'e.Da'I will knowH3045

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 101:4

  • Proverbs 11:20

    They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:14-16

    Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  • Proverbs 8:13

    The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

  • Psalms 119:115

    Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

  • Matthew 7:23

    And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

  • 2 Timothy 2:19

    Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

  • Proverbs 22:24

    Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

  • Proverbs 9:6

    Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

  • Proverbs 3:32

    For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

  • Psalms 6:8

    Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

  • Proverbs 2:12-15

    To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

  • 2 Corinthians 11:33

    And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A froward.
Pr 2:12-15; 3:32; 8:13; 11:20
know.
6:8; 119:115; Pr 9:6; 22:24; Mt 7:23; 2Co 6:14-16; 11:33; 2Ti 2:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 101:5

    Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

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Psalms 101:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Corazón perverso se apartará de mí; no conoceré al malvado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Le cœur pervers se retirera d’auprès de moi; je ne connaîtrai pas le mal.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ein verkehrtes Herz soll von mir weichen, den Bösen will ich nicht kennen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quia defecerunt sicut fumus dies mei, et ossa mea sicut cremium aruerunt.