Tree of Life Version
Psalms 119:36
36Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to dishonest gain.
Psalms 119:36 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
- New International Version (NIV)Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to covetousness.
Context of Psalms 119:36
34Give me understanding, that I may keep Your Torah and observe it with all my heart. 35Help me walk in the path of Your mitzvot—for I delight in it. Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to dishonest gain. 37Turn my eyes away from gazing at vanity but revive me in Your ways. 38Fulfill Your word to Your servant, which leads to reverence for You.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:36 word by word
הַט־לִ֭בִּי אֶל־עֵדְוֹתֶ֗יךָ וְאַ֣ל אֶל־בָּֽצַע׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:36
- Psalms 51:10Let me hear joy and gladness, so the bones You crushed may rejoice.
- Psalms 141:4Let not my heart turn to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men that work iniquity, nor let me eat of their delicacies.
- 1 Kings 8:58May He incline our hearts to Him, to walk in all His ways and to keep His mitzvot, His statutes and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers.
- Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so they may fear Me forever; for their good and for their children after them.
- Ezekiel 11:19Then I will give them one heart. I will put a new Spirit within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
- Psalms 10:3For the wicked one boasts about his soul’s desire. The greedy one curses, reviling Adonai.
- Exodus 18:21But you should seek out capable men out of all the people—men who fear God, men of truth, who hate bribery. Appoint them to be rulers over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
- Ezekiel 33:31So they come to you, as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words—but they do not do them—for with their mouth they express doting love, but their heart goes after their own dishonest gain.
- Habakkuk 2:9Oy to one surely getting unjust gain for his house— to set his nest on high, to escape the reach of calamity!
- Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, come evil intentions, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
- Luke 12:15Then He said to them, “Watch out! Be on guard against all kinds of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the material goods he possesses.”
- Luke 16:14Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and sneering at Yeshua.
- Ephesians 5:3But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed—don’t even let these be mentioned among you, as is proper for kedoshim.
- Colossians 3:5Therefore, put to death what is earthly in you—sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed—for that is idolatry.
- 1 Timothy 6:9But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
- Hebrews 13:5Keep your lifestyle free from the love of money, and be content with what you have. For God Himself has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you,”
Commentaries on Psalms 119:36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Not to covetousness - Let me have no inordinate love for gain of any kind, nor for any thing that may grieve thy Spirit, or induce me to seek my happiness here below.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies - Cause my heart to be inclined to them, or to be disposed to keep them. This, too, is a recognition of dependence, and a prayer for guidance. And not to covetousness - To gain; to the love of money. This seems to be referred to here as the principal thing which would turn away the heart from religion, or as that from which the most danger was to be feared. There are undoubtedly many other things which will do this…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-40Verses 33-40 Teach me thy statutes, not the mere words, but the way of applying them to myself. God, by his Spirit, gives a right understanding. But the Spirit of revelation in the word will not suffice, unless we have the Spirit of wisdom in the heart. God puts his Spirit within us, causing us to walk in his statutes. The sin here prayed against is covetousness. Those that would have the love of God rooted in them, must get the love of the world rooted…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36The love for money can lead to sin (compare Exodus 18:21; 1 Timothy 3:1–5; 6:10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33-3833-38. To encourage us in prayer for divine aid in adhering to His truth, we are permitted to believe that by His help we shall succeed. the way of thy statutes--that is, the way or manner of life prescribed by them. The help we hope to obtain by prayer is to be the basis on which our resolutions should rest.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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