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Psalm 141

Psa. 141:4 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
not 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
to any evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
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
, to practise
`alal (Hebrew #5953)
to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal)
KJV usage: abuse, affect, X child, defile, do, glean, mock, practise, thoroughly, work (wonderfully).
Pronounce: aw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
wicked
resha` (Hebrew #7562)
a wrong (especially moral)
KJV usage: iniquity, wicked(-ness).
Pronounce: reh'-shah
Origin: from 7561
works
`aliylah (Hebrew #5949)
from 5953 in the sense of effecting; an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity
KJV usage: act(-ion), deed, doing, invention, occasion, work.
Pronounce: al-ee-law'
Origin: or malilah {al-ee-law'}
with men
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
that work
pa`al (Hebrew #6466)
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
KJV usage: commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).
Pronounce: paw-al'
Origin: a primitive root
iniquity
'aven (Hebrew #205)
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Pronounce: aw-ven'
Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
: ands let me not eat
lacham (Hebrew #3898)
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
KJV usage: devour, eat, X ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Pronounce: law-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
of their dainties
man`am (Hebrew #4516)
a delicacy
KJV usage: dainty.
Pronounce: man-am'
Origin: from 5276
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Prov. 23:6• 6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: (Prov. 23:6)

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Incline not.
Psa. 119:36• 36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. (Psa. 119:36)
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Deut. 2:30• 30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. (Deut. 2:30)
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Deut. 29:4• 4Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. (Deut. 29:4)
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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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1 Kings 22:22• 22And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. (1 Kings 22:22)
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Isa. 63:17• 17O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. (Isa. 63:17)
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Matt. 6:13• 13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. (Matt. 6:13)
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James 1:13• 13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: (James 1:13)
to practise.
1 Cor. 15:33• 33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. (1 Cor. 15:33)
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2 Cor. 6:17• 17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, (2 Cor. 6:17)
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Rev. 18:4• 4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. (Rev. 18:4)
and let me.
Num. 25:2• 2And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. (Num. 25:2)
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Prov. 23:1‑3,6‑8• 1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
 2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
 3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
 6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
 7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
 8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. (Prov. 23:1‑3,6‑8)
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Dan. 1:5‑8• 5And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
 6Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
 7Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego.
 8But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. (Dan. 1:5‑8)
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Acts 10:13‑14• 13And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
 14But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. (Acts 10:13‑14)
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1 Cor. 10:27‑28,31• 27If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
 28But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:
 31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Cor. 10:27‑28,31)
• Second, his heart must be kept from every evil thing, and his hands from practicing evil works. Third, he feels the deep necessity for separation from those who work iniquity. Such are the moral conditions that in every age enable the godly to lift up “holy hands” in prayer (1 Tim. 2:8). (“Psalms 141” by H. Smith)
• He looks to be in no way drawn away into the paths or society of the wicked. What he wants is to be kept in uprightness. (“Psalms 141” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.