Psalms 119:36

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַט־לִ֭בִּי אֶל־עֵדְוֺתֶ֗יךָ וְאַ֣ל אֶל־בָּֽצַע׃

Transliteration

haṭ-libbî to-ʿēdwōṯeykā and-not to-bāṣaʿ

Grammar Details

• *haṭ*: hiphil imperative masculine singular - incline/turn
• *libbî*: masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my heart
• *ʿēdwōṯeykā*: feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your testimonies
• *wǝʾal*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *bāṣaʿ*: masculine singular noun - profit/gain/unjust gain

Word Meanings

• *haṭ*: incline/stretch out/extend
• *bāṣaʿ*: unjust gain/profit/covetousness/plunder

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 8:58 : 58 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
• Mark 7:21-22 : 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
• Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
• Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
• Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
• Ps 51:10 : 10 Create{H8798)} in me a clean heart, O God; and renew{H8761)} a right{H8737)} spirit within me.
• Ps 141:4 : 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
• Jer 32:39 : 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
• Hab 2:9 : 9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
• Ps 10:3 : 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
• 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
• 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
• Exod 18:21 : 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
• Luke 16:14 : 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
• Eph 5:3 : 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
• Col 3:5 : 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
• 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
• Ezek 11:19-20 : 19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: 20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.