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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• 15He 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 those that turn to crooked ways{HR}Will Jehovah lead forth with the workers of iniquity.{HR}Peace [be] upon Israel. (Psa. 125:5)

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Psa. 18:20‑23• 20Jehovah recompenseth me according to my righteousness;{HR}According to the cleanness of my hands he requiteth me.
 21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah{HR}And have not acted wickedly against my God.
 22For all his judgments [are] before me,{HR}And his statutes I will not put away from me.
 23And I am upright before him{HR}And keep myself from mine iniquity. (Psa. 18:20‑23)
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Psa. 26:4‑5• 4I have not sat with vain men,{HR}And with dissemblers I go not in.
 5I have hated the congregation of evil doers,{HR}And with the wicked I sit not. (Psa. 26:4‑5)
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Psa. 39:1• 1To the chief musician, to Jeduthun; a psalm of David.{HR}I said, I will keep my ways, from sinning with my tongue;{HR}I will keep a muzzle to my mouth, while the wicked [man is] before me. (Psa. 39:1)
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Psa. 119:37,113• 37Turn away mine eyes from seeing vanity;{HR}In thy way quicken me.
 113Double-minded [men] I hate,{HR}And thy law I love. (Psa. 119:37,113)
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Ex. 20:17• 17{i}Thou 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.{/i} (Ex. 20:17)
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2 Sam. 11:2‑3• 2{i}And 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;{/i}
 3{i}and David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urijah the Hittite?{/i} (2 Sam. 11:2‑3)
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1 Kings 21:2‑29• 2{i}And 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.{/i}
 3{i}And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to thee!{/i}
 4{i}And 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.{/i}
 5{i}And Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is thy spirit sullen, and thou eatest no bread?{/i}
 6{i}And 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.{/i}
 7{i}And 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.{/i}
 8{i}And 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.{/i}
 9{i}And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;{/i}
 10{i}and 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.{/i}
 11{i}And 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:{/i}
 12{i}they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.{/i}
 13{i}And 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.{/i}
 14{i}And they sent to Jezebel saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.{/i}
 15{i}And 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.{/i}
 16{i}And 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.{/i}
 17{i}And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,{/i}
 18Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess 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 dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
 20And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work 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 man child, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
 22and will make thine 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 spake Jehovah, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
 24Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
 25{i}(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.{/i}
 26{i}And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Jehovah had dispossessed before the children of Israel.){/i}
 27{i}And 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.{/i}
 28{i}And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,{/i}
 29{i}Seest 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.{/i} (1 Kings 21:2‑29)
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Job 31:1• 1I have presented a covenant to mine eyes,{HR}And how should I think on a maiden? (Job 31:1)
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Prov. 6:25• 25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart,{HR}Nor let her take thee with her eyelids; (Prov. 6:25)
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Prov. 23:31‑35• 31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,{HR}When it sparkleth in the cup,{HR}When it goeth down smoothly.
 32At the last it biteth like a serpent,{HR}And stingeth like an adder.
 33Thine eyes shall behold strange women,{HR}And thy heart shall utter froward things.
 34Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea,{HR}And as he that lieth down on the top of a mast.
 35They have smitten me [thou wilt say], I am not sore;{HR}They have beaten me, I felt not:{HR}When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. (Prov. 23:31‑35)
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Eccl. 6:9• 9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire:{HR}This also is vanity and a striving after wind. (Eccl. 6:9)
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Isa. 33:15• 15He 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 thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. (Jer. 22:17)
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Hos. 7:6‑7• 6For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
 7They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured 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: so 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 that looketh at a woman to lust after her committed adultery with her already in his heart. (Matt. 5:28)
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James 1:13‑15• 13Let none when tempted say, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted by evils, and himself tempteth none.
 14But each is tempted when by his own lust drawn away and enticed;
 15then lust having conceived bringeth forth sin; and sin when completed giveth birth to death. (James 1:13‑15)
wicked thing.
Heb. thing of Belial.
1 Kings 21:13• 13{i}And 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.{/i} (1 Kings 21:13)
I hate.
Psa. 97:10• 10Lovers of Jehovah, hate evil!{HR}He keepeth the souls of his saints (pious ones),{HR}From the hand of the wicked ones he delivereth them. (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 all have turned aside, they have together been corrupted;{HR}There is none doing good, there is not even one. (Psa. 14:3)
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Psa. 36:3• 3The words of his mouth [are] falsehood and deceit;{HR}He hath left off to be wise, to do well. (Psa. 36:3)
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Psa. 40:4• 4Blessed the man who hath made Jehovah his trust,{HR}And hath not turned round to the proud{HR}And those who swerve to falsehood. (Psa. 40:4)
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Psa. 78:41,57• 41And they turned again and tempted God ,{HR}And limited the Holy One of Israel.
 57And revolted, and dealt treacherously like their fathers;{HR}They were turned like a deceitful bow. (Psa. 78:41,57)
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Psa. 125:5• 5But those that turn to crooked ways{HR}Will Jehovah lead forth with the workers of iniquity.{HR}Peace [be] upon Israel. (Psa. 125:5)
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Ex. 32:8• 8{i}They 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!{/i} (Ex. 32:8)
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Josh. 23:6• 6{i}And 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;{/i} (Josh. 23:6)
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1 Sam. 12:20‑21• 20And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart;
 21and turn ye not aside: for then should ye go 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 back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto 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 worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear to Jehovah, and that swear by Malcham.
 6And them that are turned back from Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired for him. (Zeph. 1:5‑6)
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Gal. 4:9• 9but now having known God, yea rather being known by God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye wish again afresh to be in bondage? (Gal. 4:9)
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Heb. 10:39• 39But we are not of drawing back unto perdition but of faith unto soul-saving. (Heb. 10:39)
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2 Peter 2:21• 21For it were better for them not to have known well the way of righteousness than knowing well to have turned back from the holy commandment delivered to them. (2 Peter 2:21)
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1 John 2:19• 19From us they went out, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have abode with us, but [they went out] that they might be manifested that none are of us. (1 John 2:19)
it shall not.
Deut. 13:17• 17{i}And thou shalt not let anything cleave to thy hand of the devoted thing; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;{/i} (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. (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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I will set nothing of Belial before mine eyes;{HR}I hate the doing of those that turn aside ;{HR}Ita shall not cleave to me.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, of apostasies.