Psalm 119:36 “Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.”

Psalm 119:36

Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

World English Bible

Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

American Standard Version

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.

Geneva Bible 1599

Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.

Darby Translation

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.

Young's Literal Translation

Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.

Bible in Basic English

Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.

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Cross references

“Incline”

Psalm 51:10 1 Kings 8:58 Psalm 141:4 Jeremiah 32:39 Ezekiel 11:19 Ezekiel 11:20

Psalm 51:10 · BSB

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

1 Kings 8:58 · BSB

May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.

Psalm 141:4 · BSB

Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.

Jeremiah 32:39 · BSB

I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.

Ezekiel 11:19 · BSB

And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,

Ezekiel 11:20 · BSB

so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

“and not to”

Luke 12:15 Hebrews 13:5 Exodus 18:21 Colossians 3:5 2 Peter 2:3 Psalm 10:3

Luke 12:15 · BSB

And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Hebrews 13:5 · BSB

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

Exodus 18:21 · BSB

Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Colossians 3:5 · BSB

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

2 Peter 2:3 · BSB

In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

Psalm 10:3 · BSB

For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

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

In context

35Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.

37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

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