Psalms 119:36
Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
In Context
35Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.
37Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:58That he may bow our heartes vnto him, that we may walke in all his waies, and keepe his commandements, and his statutes, and his lawes, which he commanded our fathers.
Psalms 51:10Create in mee a cleane heart, O God, and renue a right spirit within me.
Jeremiah 32:39And I wil giue them one heart and one way that they may feare me for euer for ye wealth of them, and of their children after them.
Ezekiel 33:31For they come vnto thee, as the people vseth to come: and my people sit before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they will not doe them: for with their mouthes they make iestes, and their heart goeth after their couetousnesse.
Mark 7:21For from within, euen out of the heart of men, proceede euill thoughtes, adulteries, fornications, murthers,
Luke 16:14All these thinges heard the Pharises also which were couetous, and they scoffed at him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:36-37
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. He had before prayed to God to enlighten his understanding, that he might know his duty, and not mistake concerning it; here he prays to God to bow his will, and quicken the active powers of his soul, that he might do his duty; for it is God that works in us both to will and to do, as well as to understand, what is good, Phil. ii. 13 . Both the good head and the good heart… Read the whole commentary →