Psalms 101:4
A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 6:8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalms 26:5I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.
Proverbs 2:12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
Proverbs 11:20Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
Proverbs 29:27A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest 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 →