Psalms 141:4

Psalms chapter 141 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.3Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

v.4This passage

v.5Let the righteous smite me, it shall bea kindness; And let him reprove me, it shall be asoil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 119:36

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

  • Daniel 1:5

    And the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king’s dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at the end thereof they should stand before the king.

  • Isaiah 63:17

    O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

  • 1 Kings 22:22

    And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.

  • Proverbs 23:1

    When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;

  • 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.