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Psalm 101

Psa. 101:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ip will set
shiyth (Hebrew #7896)
to place (in a very wide application)
KJV usage: apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, X look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, X take.
Pronounce: sheeth
Origin: a primitive root
no κwicked
bliya`al (Hebrew #1100)
without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness (often in connection with 376, 802, 1121, etc.)
KJV usage: Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.
Pronounce: bel-e-yah'-al
Origin: from 1097 and 3276
thing
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
before mine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
: I hate
sane' (Hebrew #8130)
to hate (personally)
KJV usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-nay'
Origin: a primitive root
the work
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
of themr that turn aside
suwt (Hebrew #7750)
a primitive root; to detrude, i.e. (intransitively and figuratively) become derelict (wrongly practise; namely, idolatry)
KJV usage: turn aside to.
Pronounce: soot
Origin: or (by permutation) cuwt {soot}
; it shall not cleave
dabaq (Hebrew #1692)
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
KJV usage: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
Pronounce: daw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root
to me.
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Isa. 33:15• 15--He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil: (Isa. 33:15)
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thing of Belial.
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Psa. 125:5• 5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel! (Psa. 125:5)

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Psa. 18:20‑23• 20Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
 21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
 22For all his ordinances were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me;
 23And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity. (Psa. 18:20‑23)
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Psa. 26:4‑5• 4I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;
 5I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked. (Psa. 26:4‑5)
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Psa. 39:1• 1To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me. (Psa. 39:1)
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Psa. 119:37,113• 37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.
 113SAMECH. The double-minded have I hated; but thy law do I love. (Psa. 119:37,113)
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Ex. 20:17• 17Thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's wife, nor his bondman, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's. (Ex. 20:17)
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2 Sam. 11:2‑3• 2And it came to pass at evening time that David arose from off his couch, and walked upon the roof of the king's house; and from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful;
 3and David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urijah the Hittite? (2 Sam. 11:2‑3)
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1 Kings 21:2‑29• 2And Ahab spoke to Naboth saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, for it is near, by the side of my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; if it seem good to thee, I will give thee its value in money.
 3And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to thee!
 4And Ahab came into his house sullen and vexed because of the word that Naboth the Jizreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and ate no bread.
 5And Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is thy spirit sullen, and thou eatest no bread?
 6And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jizreelite and said to him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee a vineyard for it; and he said, I will not give thee my vineyard.
 7And Jezebel his wife said to him, Dost thou now exercise sovereignty over Israel? arise, eat bread, and let thy heart be glad: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jizreelite.
 8And she wrote a letter in Ahab's name, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
 9And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;
 10and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, and they shall bear witness against him saying, Thou didst curse God and the king; and carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
 11And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles that dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letter that she had sent to them:
 12they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.
 13And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
 14And they sent to Jezebel saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
 15And it came to pass when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jizreelite, which he refused to give thee for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
 16And it came to pass when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jizreelite, to take possession of it.
 17And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
 18Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to take possession of it.
 19And thou shalt speak unto him saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him saying, Thus saith Jehovah: In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall the dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
 20And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, mine enemy? And he said, I have found thee; because thou hast sold thyself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah.
 21Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel;
 22and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
 23And of Jezebel also spoke Jehovah saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the moat of Jizreel.
 24Him that dieth of Ahab in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that dieth in the field shall the fowl of the heavens eat.
 25(Surely there was none like to Ahab, who did sell himself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, Jezebel his wife urging him on.
 26And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Jehovah had dispossessed before the children of Israel.)
 27And it came to pass when Ahab heard these words, that he rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
 28And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
 29Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. (1 Kings 21:2‑29)
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Job 31:1• 1I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid? (Job 31:1)
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Prov. 6:25• 25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids; (Prov. 6:25)
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Prov. 23:31‑35• 31Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
 32at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
 33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;
 34and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:
 35--"They have smitten me, and I am not sore; they have beaten me, and I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again." (Prov. 23:31‑35)
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Eccl. 6:9• 9Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and pursuit of the wind. (Eccl. 6:9)
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Isa. 33:15• 15--He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil: (Isa. 33:15)
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Jer. 22:17• 17But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it. (Jer. 22:17)
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Hos. 7:6‑7• 6For they have applied their heart like an oven to their lying in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth like a flaming fire.
 7They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. (Hos. 7:6‑7)
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Mic. 2:2• 2And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away; and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. (Mic. 2:2)
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Matt. 5:28• 28But *I* say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (Matt. 5:28)
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James 1:13‑15• 13Let no man, being tempted, say, I am tempted of God. For God cannot be tempted by evil things, and himself tempts no one.
 14But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
 15then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death. (James 1:13‑15)
wicked thing.
Heb. thing of Belial.
1 Kings 21:13• 13And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. (1 Kings 21:13)
I hate.
Psa. 97:10• 10Ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints, he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. (Psa. 97:10)
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Rom. 12:9• 9Let love be unfeigned; abhorring evil; cleaving to good: (Rom. 12:9)
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Psa. 14:3• 3They have all gone aside, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one. (Psa. 14:3)
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Psa. 36:3• 3The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good. (Psa. 36:3)
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Psa. 40:4• 4Blessed is the man that hath made Jehovah his confidence, and turneth not to the proud, and to such as turn aside to lies. (Psa. 40:4)
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Psa. 78:41,57• 41And they turned again and tempted *God, and grieved the Holy One of Israel.
 57And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow. (Psa. 78:41,57)
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Psa. 125:5• 5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel! (Psa. 125:5)
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Ex. 32:8• 8They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them: they have made themselves a molten calf, and have bowed down to it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt! (Ex. 32:8)
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Josh. 23:6• 6And be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; (Josh. 23:6)
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1 Sam. 12:20‑21• 20And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: *ye* have done all this wickedness; yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, and serve Jehovah with all your heart;
 21and turn ye not aside; for it would be after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. (1 Sam. 12:20‑21)
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1 Sam. 15:11• 11It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned away from following me, and hath not fulfilled my words. And Samuel was much grieved; and he cried to Jehovah all night. (1 Sam. 15:11)
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Isa. 30:11• 11get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us! (Isa. 30:11)
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Zeph. 1:5‑6• 5and them that bow down to the host of the heavens upon the housetops; and them that bow down to Jehovah, that swear by him, and swear by Malcham;
 6and them that turn back from after Jehovah, and that do not seek Jehovah, nor inquire for him. (Zeph. 1:5‑6)
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Gal. 4:9• 9but now, knowing God, but rather being known by God, how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye desire to be again anew in bondage? (Gal. 4:9)
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Heb. 10:39• 39But *we* are not drawers back to perdition, but of faith to saving the soul. (Heb. 10:39)
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2 Peter 2:21• 21For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. (2 Peter 2:21)
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1 John 2:19• 19They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have surely remained with us, but that they might be made manifest that none are of us. (1 John 2:19)
it shall not.
Deut. 13:17• 17And thou shalt not let anything cleave to thy hand of the devoted thing; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; (Deut. 13:17)
• (vv. 3-4) Moreover the kingdom will be marked by separation from every “wicked thing,” and every wicked person. The King “will not know evil.” There will be no toleration of evil. (“Psalms 101” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn asideg; it shall not cleave to me.

JND Translation Notes

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Elsewhere also "apostates," see Hos. 5.2.