Psalms 101:4
A perverse heart shall depart from me: evil will I not know.
Leeser Tanakh
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 wickedness; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalms 26:5I have hated the assemblage of evil-doers; and with the wicked will I not sit.
Proverbs 2:12To deliver thee from the way of the bad, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil, pride and arrogance, and the evil way: and the mouth of perverseness do I hate.
Proverbs 11:20An abomination of the Lord are those of a perverse heart; but his favor is for those who are unblemished in their way.
Proverbs 29:27An abomination of the righteous is an unjust man: and an abomination of the wicked is one who is upright in [his] way.
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 →