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 King James Version (NKJV)I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.

Context of Psalms 101:3

1A psalm of David. I will sing of lovingkindness and justice. To You, Adonai, I will sing praises. 2I will behave wisely in the way of integrity —when will You come to me? I walk in my house with integrity in my heart. No base thing will I set before my eyes. Twisted behavior I hate— it will not cling to me. 4A perverse heart will depart from me. I will know nothing evil. 5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret —him I will silence. Who has haughty eyes and a proud heart —him I will not tolerate.

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 18:20He brought me out to a wide-open place. He rescued me since He delighted in me.
• Psalms 26:4I have not sat with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites.
• Psalms 39:1For the music director, for Jeduthun, a psalm of David.
• Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from gazing at vanity but revive me in Your ways.
• Exodus 20:17“Do not covet your neighbor’s house, your neighbor’s wife, his manservant, his maidservant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”
• 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David rose from his bed and strolled on the roof of the royal palace. Then from the roof he saw a woman washing—a very beautiful woman.
• 1 Kings 21:2Ahab spoke to Naboth saying, “Give me your vineyard, so I may have it for a garden of herbs, since it’s right next to my house. I’ll give you a better vineyard than it in exchange, or if it seems better to you, I’ll give you its price in money.”
• Job 31:1“I made a covenant with my eyes not to pay attention to a virgin.
• Proverbs 6:24keeping you from the immoral woman, from a wayward wife’s smooth tongue.
• Proverbs 23:31Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it glides down smoothly.
• Ecclesiastes 6:9Better is what the eyes see than the pursuit of the soul’s desires. This too is fleeting and striving after wind.
• Isaiah 33:15One who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly, who refuses unjust gain by extortion, who shakes his hands free of bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil.
• Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and your heart are only on your unjust gain, and on shedding innocent blood, and committing extortion and fraud.”
• Hosea 7:6For their hearts are like an oven, as they wait in ambush. All night their anger smolders. In the morning it burns like a blazing fire.
• Micah 2:2They covet fields, so they seize them, or houses, and take them away. So they oppress a man and his house— a man and his inheritance.
• Matthew 5:28But I tell you that everyone who looks upon a woman to lust after 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