Psalms 119:36
Help me to concentrate on what you say rather than on making a profit.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
In Context
35Lead me to follow your commands, for this is what I love to do
37Don't let me focus on things that are worthless. Help me live in your ways.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:58May he help us to come to him, to follow all his ways and to keep the commandments, statutes, and regulations he ordered our forefathers to observe.
Psalms 51:10Create a pure mind in me, God, and make me trustworthy again.
Jeremiah 32:39I will make sure they think the same way and act in harmony, so that they will always honor me so all will be good for them and their descendants.
Ezekiel 33:31So my people come and visit you like they usually do. They sit and listen to the message you share, but they don't do anything about it. Even though they talk about love, all they're thinking about is how to cheat others.
Mark 7:21It's from the inside, from people's minds, that evil thoughts come: sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who loved money, heard what Jesus said and laughed at 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 →