Psalms 141:4
Do not let my heart desire any evil thing 1 or participate in sinful activities 1 with men who behave wickedly. 1 May I not eat any of their delicacies. 1
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3Yahweh, place a guard over my mouth; 1 guard the door of my lips. 1
Cross References
Numbers 25:2for the Moabites had invited the people to the sacrifices to their gods. So the people ate and bowed down to Moabite gods.
Deuteronomy 29:4But until today Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
1 Kings 13:8The man of God said to the king, “Even if you give me half your possessions, I will not go with you, nor will I eat food or drink water in this place,
Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked, those who do iniquity, 1 who speak peace with their neighbors but have evil in their hearts. 1
Proverbs 23:1When you sit to eat with a ruler, 1 observe carefully what is before you, 1
Isaiah 63:17Yahweh, why do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts, so we do not obey you? 1 Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance. 1
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 →