Psalms 141:4

World English Bible (2000)

Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies.

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  • 1 Kgs 8:58 : 58 that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
  • Isa 63:17 : 17 O Yahweh, why do you make us to err from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
  • Dan 1:5-8 : 5 The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at its end they should stand before the king. 6 Now among these were, of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 7 The prince of the eunuchs gave names to them: to Daniel he gave [the name of] Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, [of] Shadrach; and to Mishael, [of] Meshach; and to Azariah, [of] Abednego. 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
  • Ps 119:36 : 36 Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.
  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Therefore, "'Come out from among them, and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
  • 1 Cor 10:31 : 31 Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
  • Rev 18:4 : 4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don't receive of her plagues,
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.'
  • Num 25:2 : 2 for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.
  • Deut 2:30 : 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as at this day.
  • Deut 29:4 : 4 but Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.
  • Jas 1:13 : 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
  • Prov 23:1-3 : 1 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you; 2 put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite. 3 Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
  • Prov 23:6-8 : 6 Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies: 7 for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you. 8 The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.
  • 1 Kgs 22:22 : 22 Yahweh said to him, 'How?' He said, 'I will go out and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' He said, 'You will entice him, and will also prevail. Go out and do so.'
  • Acts 10:13-14 : 13 A voice came to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat!" 14 But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."
  • 1 Cor 10:27-28 : 27 But if one of those who don't believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience. 28 But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," don't eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For "the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness."

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    14 Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.

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    3 Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

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    3 Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

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    6 Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:

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    4 Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

  • Ps 17:3-4
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    27 Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

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    1 Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:

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    10 My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent.

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    9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

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    13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

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    101 I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.

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