Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

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

New American Standard Bible

Incline my heart to Your testimonies
And not to dishonest gain.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Turn my heart to Your decrees
and not to material gain.

International Standard Version

Turn my heart to your decrees and away from unjust gain.

A Conservative Version

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

Amplified


Incline my heart to Your testimonies
And not to dishonest gain and envy.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Incline my heart to thy testimonies and not to plunder.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to [dishonest] gain.

Modern King James verseion

Bow my heart to Your testimonies, and not to unjust gain.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

Give me a desire for your rules, rather than for wealth gained unjustly.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

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

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

References

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Verse Info

Context Readings

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35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight. 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness. 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:58

that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.

Luke 12:15

And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Hebrews 13:5

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.

Mark 7:21-22

For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

Psalm 141:4

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.

Exodus 18:21

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea , contemneth Jehovah.

Psalm 51:10

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

Jeremiah 32:39

and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

Ezekiel 11:19-20

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;

Habakkuk 2:9

Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

Luke 16:14

And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.

Ephesians 5:3

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

Colossians 3:5

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

2 Peter 2:3

And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.

2 Peter 2:14

having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;

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