Psalms 141:4
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.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 141 connects to 10 cross-references. A lament of David praying that his prayer rise like incense and his lifted hands like an evening sacrifice. He asks that his mouth and lips be guarded and his heart not inclined to evil. He would rather be reproved …
Other Translations
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.
Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.
Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.
Cross References
And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to …
Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto …
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, …
And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying …
That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and …
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return …