Psalms 101:3
I will not set before mine eyes, a vile thing,—The doing of them who fall away, I hate, It shall not cleave unto me;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4A perverse heart, shall depart from me, A maker of mischief, will I not acknowledge;
Cross References
Exodus 20:17Thou shalt not covet, thy neighbour’s house,—thou shalt not covet, thy neighbour’s wife nor his servant nor his handmaid nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything which belongeth unto thy neighbour.
Deuteronomy 13:17So shall there not cleave to thy hand aught of the devoted thing,—that Yahweh may turn away, from the glow of his anger and grant thee compassion and have compassion upon thee and multiply thee, as he sware unto thy fathers;
Joshua 23:6Therefore must ye be very firm to observe and to do all that is written in the scroll of the law of Moses,—so as not to turn aside therefrom, to the right hand or to the left;
1 Samuel 15:11I am grieved that I made Saul to be king, for he hath turned back from following me, and, my words, hath he not established. And it was vexing to Samuel, so that he made outcry unto Yahweh, all the night.
1 Kings 21:2Ahab, therefore, spake unto Naboth, saying—Come! give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, for, the same, is near by my house, and let me give thee, instead thereof, a vineyard better than it,—if it be good in thine eyes, I will give thee silver to the value of this.
Psalms 14:3The whole, have turned aside, Together have they become tainted,—There is none that doeth good, not so much as, one!
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 →