Psalms 101:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֵבָ֣ב עִ֭קֵּשׁ יָס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נִּי רָ֝֗ע לֹ֣א אֵדָֽע׃

Transliteration

Lēbāb ʿiqqēsh will yāsûr from-me; rāʿ not will-I ʾēdāʿ.

Grammar Details

*Lēbāb*: masculine singular noun - heart/mind/inner self
*ʿiqqēsh*: masculine singular adjective - twisted/crooked/perverse
*yāsûr*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will depart/turn aside
*rāʿ*: masculine singular adjective/noun - evil/wickedness/badness
*ʾēdāʿ*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will know/recognize/acknowledge

Word Meanings

*Lēbāb*: heart/mind/inner self/will
*ʿiqqēsh*: perverse/twisted/crooked/distorted
*yāsûr*: will depart/shall turn away/will leave
*rāʿ*: evil/wickedness/bad person/misery
*ʾēdāʿ*: I will know/I will acknowledge/I will recognize/I will have anything to do with

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 11:20 : 20 They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; But such as are perfect in [their] way are his delight.
Prov 22:24 : 24 Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
Matt 7:23 : 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
2 Cor 6:14-16 : 14 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
2 Cor 11:33 : 33 and through a window was I let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.
2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.
Ps 6:8 : 8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Ps 119:115 : 115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.
Prov 2:12-15 : 12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things; 13 Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil; 15 Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:
Prov 3:32 : 32 For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.
Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Prov 9:6 : 6 Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

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