Psalms 101:3

Psalms 101:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
• New International Version (NIV)I will not look with approval on anything that is vile. I hate what faithless people do; I will have no part in it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar. I hate all who deal crookedly; I will have nothing to do with them.

Context of Psalms 101:3

1I will sing of mercy and justice; To You, O Lord, I will sing praises. 2I will behave wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me. 4A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know wickedness. 5Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure.

Psalms 101:3 word by word

לֹֽא־אָשִׁ֨ית׀ לְנֶ֥גֶד עֵינַ֗י דְּֽבַר־בְּלִ֫יָּ֥עַל עֲשֹֽׂה־סֵטִ֥ים שָׂנֵ֑אתִי לֹ֖א יִדְבַּ֣ק בִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will setשִׁיתshîyth · to set: makeH7896
• no wickedבְּלִיַּ֫עַלbelîya‛al · Belial: worthlessH1100
• thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• before mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• I hateשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130
• the workעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• of them that turn asideשׂוּטώûţ sûţ · to swerveH7750
• shall not cleaveדָּבַקdâbaq · to cleaveH1692

Cross-references for Psalms 101:3

• Psalms 18:20The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
• Psalms 26:4I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites.
• Psalms 39:1I said, “I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me.”
• Psalms 119:37Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your way.
• Exodus 20:17“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
• 2 Samuel 11:2Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold.
• 1 Kings 21:2So Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near, next to my house; and for it I will give you a vineyard better than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”
• Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?
• Proverbs 6:24To keep you from the evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a seductress.
• Proverbs 23:31Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it swirls around smoothly;
• Ecclesiastes 6:9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
• Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil:
• Jeremiah 22:17“Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness, For shedding innocent blood, And practicing oppression and violence.”
• Hosea 7:6They prepare their heart like an oven, While they lie in wait; Their baker sleeps all night; In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
• Micah 2:2They covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.
• Matthew 5:28But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Commentaries on Psalms 101:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes - I will undertake no unjust wars; will enter into no sinful alliances; will not oppress my subjects by excessive taxation, to support extravagance in my court. I will not look favourably on things or words of Belial. What is good for nothing or evil in its operation, what is wicked in its principle, and what would lead me away from righteousness and truth, I will never set before my eyes. Them that turn aside…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes - That is, I will propose no wicked thing to be done; I will have no such object in view; I will employ no one to do that which is wrong. The margin, as the Hebrew, is, “thing of Belial.” See the notes at Psalm 41:8. It here means that which is worthless, bad, wicked. He would have no wicked aim; he would not look upon a wicked thing for a moment, or with the least favor. I hate the work of them that turn aside…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8This song of praise expresses a commitment to live with integrity and to avoid evil. Jesus meets this ideal.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. set ... eyes--as an example to be approved and followed. no wicked thing--literally, "word," plan or purpose of Belial (Psa 41:8). work of ... aside--apostates. not cleave to me--I will not be implicated in it (compare Psa 1:1-3).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 101:3

• Chastisement
• Decision
• Hatred
• Obedience
• Righteousness
• Sin

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Commentaries on Psalms 101

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings