Psalms 101:4
The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
In Context
3I did not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the workers of iniquities.
Cross References
Psalms 6:8My eye is troubled through indignation: I have grown old amongst all my enemies.
Psalms 26:5I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.
Proverbs 2:12That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
Proverbs 11:20A perverse heart is abominable to the Lord: and his will is in them that walk sincerely.
Proverbs 29:27The just abhor the wicked man: and the wicked loathe them that are in the right way. The son that keepeth the word, shall be free from destruction.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 101:2-8
Mercy and Judgment; David's Pious Resolution. 1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord , will I sing. 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. 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. 4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath a high… Read the whole commentary →