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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:36 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Incline
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
my heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
i unto thy testimonies
`eduwth (Hebrew #5715)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness.
Pronounce: ay-dooth'
Origin: feminine of 5707
, and not tok covetousness
betsa` (Hebrew #1215)
plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
KJV usage: covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.
Pronounce: beh'-tsah
Origin: from 1214
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Ezek. 33:31• 31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. (Ezek. 33:31)
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Luke 12:15• 15And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. (Luke 12:15)
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1 Tim. 6:10• 10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (1 Tim. 6:10)
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Heb. 13:5• 5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. (Heb. 13:5)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Incline.
Psa. 51:10• 10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. (Psa. 51:10)
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Psa. 141:4• 4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. (Psa. 141:4)
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1 Kings 8:58• 58That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. (1 Kings 8:58)
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Jer. 32:39• 39And 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: (Jer. 32:39)
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Ezek. 11:19‑20• 19And 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 an heart of flesh:
 20That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. (Ezek. 11:19‑20)
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Psa. 10:3• 3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. (Psa. 10:3)
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Ex. 18:21• 21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: (Ex. 18:21)
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Ezek. 33:31• 31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. (Ezek. 33:31)
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Hab. 2:9• 9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! (Hab. 2:9)
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Mark 7:21‑22• 21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
 22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: (Mark 7:21‑22)
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Luke 12:15• 15And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. (Luke 12:15)
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Luke 16:14• 14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. (Luke 16:14)
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Eph. 5:3• 3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; (Eph. 5:3)
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Col. 3:5• 5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: (Col. 3:5)
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1 Tim. 6:9‑10,17• 9But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
 10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
 17Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; (1 Tim. 6:9‑10,17)
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Heb. 13:5• 5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. (Heb. 13:5)
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2 Peter 2:3,14• 3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
 14Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: (2 Peter 2:3,14)
• {v.36} Following upon these requests, the psalmist remembers the two great hindrances to a walk of practical godliness:—the root of evil within—covetousness; {v.37} and the incitement to evil from without, the vanity on every hand. The godly man prays that his heart may be kept from covetousness, and his eyes from beholding vanity. (“Psalm 119:33-40: Division 5 (He)” by H. Smith)
• The heart seeks to be rightly inclined also, but that root of all evil turns it aside—covetousness. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:25-72” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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