Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I will take no wicked thing in hand. I hate the sin of unfaithfulness; it shall not cleave unto me.

New American Standard Bible

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes;
I hate the work of those who fall away;
It shall not fasten its grip on me.

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.

Holman Bible

I will not set anything worthless before my eyes.
I hate the practice of transgression;
it will not cling to me.

International Standard Version

I will not even think about doing anything lawless; I hate to do evil deeds; I will have none of it.

A Conservative Version

I will set no base thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who turn aside. It shall not cleave 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.

Amplified


I will set no worthless or wicked thing before my eyes.
I hate the practice of those who fall away [from the right path];
It will not grasp hold of 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.

Julia Smith Translation

I will not set a word of Belial before mine eyes: I hated him doing transgressions; he shall not cleave to me.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

I will not set before my eyes any wicked thing. I hate the work of those who fall away; it will not cling to me.

Modern King James verseion

I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. I have hated the work of those who turn aside; it shall not hold on to me.

NET Bible

I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

I will not set before mine eyes, a vile thing, - The doing of them who fall away, I hate, It shall not cleave unto me;

Webster

I will set no wicked thing before my 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.

Youngs 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.

References

Context Readings

A Vow Of Integrity

2 O let me have understanding in the ways of Godliness, until the time that thou come unto me! I will walk in my house with a perfect heart. 3 I will take no wicked thing in hand. I hate the sin of unfaithfulness; it shall not cleave unto me. 4 A froward heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked person.


Cross References

Psalm 40:4

Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the LORD, and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies.

Deuteronomy 15:9

And beware that there be not a point of Belial in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, 'The seventh year, the year of freedom is at hand,' and therefore it grieve thee to look on thy poor brother and givest him nought and he then cry unto the LORD against thee and it be sin unto thee.

Joshua 23:6

Be, therefore, exceeding strong that ye take heed to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye bow not aside therefrom, to the righthand or to the left:

1 Samuel 12:20-21

Then said Samuel unto the people, "Fear not. And though ye have done all this wickedness, yet depart not from the LORD in any case. But serve him with all your hearts.

2 Samuel 11:2-3

And it chanced in an evening that David arose from his couch and walked upon the roof of the king's palace; and from the roof saw a very beautiful woman washing herself. And he sent to enquire what woman it should be.

Job 31:1

I made a covenant with mine eyes, that I would not look upon a damsel.

Exodus 20:17

"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house: neither shalt covet thy neighbor's wife, his manservant, his maid, his ox, his ass or ought that is his."

Exodus 32:8

have marred all: they are turned at once out of the way which I commanded them, and have made them a calf of molten metal, and have worshipped it and have offered thereto and have said, 'This is thy God thou Israel, which hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt.'"

Deuteronomy 13:17

And see that there cleave nought of the damned thing in thine hand, that the LORD may turn from his fierce wrath and show thee mercy and have compassion on thee and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers:

1 Samuel 15:11

"It repenteth me that I have made Saul king. For he is turned from me and hath not performed my commandments." Wherefore Samuel was evil apaid and cried unto the LORD all night.

1 Kings 21:2-29

And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, "Let me have thy vineyard, to make me a garden of herbs thereof, because it lieth so nigh my house: and I will give thee a better vineyard for it: or if it please thee I will give thee, the worth of it in silver."

Psalm 14:3

But they are all gone out of the way, they are all together become abominable: there is none that doeth good, no not one.

Psalm 18:20-23

The LORD shall reward me after my righteous dealing; according to the cleanness of my hands shall he recompense me, {TYNDALE: The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness, and according to the pureness of my hands he dealt with me.}

Psalm 26:4-5

I have not dwelt with vain persons; neither will I have fellowship with the deceitful.

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are unrighteous and full of deceit; he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do good.

Psalm 39:1

{To the Chanter, for praising, a Psalm of David} I said, "I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue. I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle, while the ungodly is in my sight."

Psalm 78:41

They turned back, and tempted God, and moved the holy one in Israel.

Psalm 78:57

But turned their backs, and fell away like their forefathers, starting aside like a broken bow.

Psalm 97:10

O ye that love the LORD, see that ye hate the thing which is evil. The LORD preserveth the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly.

Psalm 119:37

O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Psalm 119:113

{Samekh} I hate them that imagine evil things; but thy law do I love.

Psalm 125:5

As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness, the LORD shall lead them forth with the evil doers; but peace shall be upon Israel.

Proverbs 6:25

that thou lust not after her beauty in thine heart, and lest thou be taken with her fair looks.

Proverbs 23:31-35

Look not thou upon the wine, how red it is, and what a color it giveth in the glass.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

The sight of the eyes is better, then that the soul should so depart away. Howbeit, this is also a vain thing and a disquietness of mind.

Isaiah 30:11

Tread out of the way, go out of the path, turn the holy one of Israel from us."

Isaiah 33:15

He that leadeth a godly life - say I - and speaketh the truth; He that abhorreth to do violence and deceit; he that keepeth his hand that he touch no reward; which stoppeth his ears, that he hear no counsel against the innocent; which holdeth down his eyes, that he see none evil.

Jeremiah 22:17

Nevertheless, as for thine eyes and thine heart, they look upon covetousness, to shed innocent blood, and to do wrong and violence.'"

Hosea 7:6-7

They with the imagination of their heart are like an oven, their sleep is all night like the sleep of a baker, in the morning is he as hot as the flame of fire:

Micah 2:2

When they covet to have land, they take it by violence; they rob men of their houses. Thus they oppress a man for his house, and every man for his heritage.

Zephaniah 1:5-6

yea, and such as upon their house-tops worship and bow themselves unto the host of heaven: which swear by the LORD, and by their Milcom also:

Matthew 5:28

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a wife lusting after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Romans 12:9

Let love be without dissimulation. Hate that which is evil, and cleave unto that which is good.

Galatians 4:9

But now, seeing ye know God - yea rather are known of God - how is it that ye turn again unto the weak and beggarly ceremonies, whereunto again ye desire afresh to be in bondage?

Hebrews 10:39

We are not which withdraw ourselves unto damnation, but pertain to faith, to the winning of the soul.

James 1:13-15

Let no man say when he is tempted that he is tempted of God: for God tempteth not unto evil, neither tempteth he any man.

2 Peter 2:21

For it had been better for them, not to have known the way of righteousness, then after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment given unto them.

1 John 2:19

They went out of us, but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us. But that fortuned, that it might appear that they were not of us.

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