Psalms 141:4
Permit not my heart to incline after any evil thing, to practise deeds in wickedness with men that are doers of wrong: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
3Set, O Lord, a watch unto my mouth: keep a guard at the door of my lips.
Cross References
Numbers 25:2And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed themselves down to their gods.
Deuteronomy 29:4(29:3) Yet the Lord gave you not a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, until this day.
1 Kings 13:8But the man of God said unto the king, If thou wert to give me the half of thy house, I would not go in with thee, neither would I eat bread nor drink water in this place;
Psalms 28:3Snatch me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of injustice, who speak peace with their neighbors, with mischief in their heart.
Proverbs 23:1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Isaiah 63:17Why hast thou let us go astray, O Lord, from thy ways, suffered our heart to be hardened against thy fear? Return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy heritage.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 141:2-5
Fervent Supplications. 1 Lord , I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. 3 Set a watch, O Lord , before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. Mercy to accept what we do well, and grace to keep us from doing ill, are the two things… Read the whole commentary →