Psalms 119:36
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
In Context
35Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:58that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Jeremiah 32:39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all [their] days, for the good of them, and of their children after them.
Ezekiel 33:31And they come unto thee as a people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they do them not; for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their dishonest gain.
Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Luke 16:14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked 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 →