Psalms 101:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 11:20 : 20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
Prov 22:24 : 24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious 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 ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath 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 in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Ps 6:8 : 8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Ps 119:115 : 115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Prov 2:12-15 : 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
Prov 3:32 : 32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Prov 9:6 : 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

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