Psalms 119:36
Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
In Context
35Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are my delight.
37Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:58Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers.
Psalms 51:10\51:8\Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.
Jeremiah 32:39And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may go on in the worship of me for ever, for their good and the good of their children after them:
Ezekiel 33:31And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
Mark 7:21Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,
Luke 16:14And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:36-37
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. He had before prayed to God to enlighten his understanding, that he might know his duty, and not mistake concerning it; here he prays to God to bow his will, and quicken the active powers of his soul, that he might do his duty; for it is God that works in us both to will and to do, as well as to understand, what is good, Phil. ii. 13 . Both the good head and the good heart… Read the whole commentary →