Psalm 101:3 “I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those…”

Psalm 101:3

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

World English Bible

I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

American Standard Version

I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.

Geneva Bible 1599

I wil set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the worke of them that fall away: it shall not cleaue vnto me.

Darby Translation

I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Young's Literal Translation

I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.

Bible in Basic English

I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me.

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Cross references

“set”

Psalm 119:37 Job 31:1 James 1:13–15 Proverbs 6:25 Matthew 5:28 Exodus 20:17

Psalm 119:37 · BSB

Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

Job 31:1 · BSB

“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

James 1:13–15 · BSB

When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.

Proverbs 6:25 · BSB

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

Matthew 5:28 · BSB

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Exodus 20:17 · BSB

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

“wicked thing”

1 Kings 21:13

1 Kings 21:13 · BSB

And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

“I hate”

Romans 12:9 Psalm 97:10

Romans 12:9 · BSB

Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

Psalm 97:10 · BSB

Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

“them”

Psalm 40:4 Joshua 23:6 Galatians 4:9 Psalm 78:41 Exodus 32:8 Hebrews 10:39

Psalm 40:4 · BSB

Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

Joshua 23:6 · BSB

Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.

Galatians 4:9 · BSB

But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

Psalm 78:41 · BSB

Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Exodus 32:8 · BSB

How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brou…

Hebrews 10:39 · BSB

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

“it shall not”

Deuteronomy 13:17

Deuteronomy 13:17 · BSB

Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,

Also

Deuteronomy 15:9

Deuteronomy 15:9 · BSB

Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.

4A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.

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