Psalms 101:4
A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil thing.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 6:8(6-9) Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalms 26:5I hate the gathering of evil doers, and will not sit with the wicked.
Proverbs 2:12To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Proverbs 11:20They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD; but such as are upright in their way are His delight.
Proverbs 29:27An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; and he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
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 →