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Psa. 119:36 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Incline my hearti unto thy testimonies, and not tok covetousness.

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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• ¹⁵{i}And{/i} he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for [it is] not because a man is in abundance [that] his life is in his possessions. (Luke 12:15)

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1 Tim. 6:10• ¹⁰For a root of all evils is the love of money, which some eagerly seeking were led astray from the faith and pierced themselves through with many pains. (1 Tim. 6:10)

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Heb. 13:5• ⁵Free from love of money [be] your course of life, satisfied with present things, for he hath said, I will not leave thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee: (Heb. 13:5)

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Psa. 51:10• ¹⁰Create for me a pure heart, O God,{HR}And a steadfast spirit renew within me. (Psa. 51:10)

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Psa. 141:4• ⁴Incline not my heart to an evil matter (word),{HR}To practice practices in wickedness with men doing iniquity;{HR}And let me not eat of their dainties. (Psa. 141:4)

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1 Kings 8:58• ⁵⁸{i}that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.{/i} (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 forever, 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 a 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 [man] boasteth of his soul's desire;{HR}He blesseth the plunderer, he despiseth Jehovah. (Psa. 10:3)

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Ex. 18:21• ²¹{i}But do thou provide among all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens,{/i} (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, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
²²thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: (Mark 7:21‑22)

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Luke 12:15• ¹⁵{i}And{/i} he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for [it is] not because a man is in abundance [that] his life is in his possessions. (Luke 12:15)

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Luke 16:14• ¹⁴{i}And the Pharisees also, who were covetous,{/i} heard all these things, {i}and{/i} sneered at him. (Luke 16:14)

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Eph. 5:3• ³But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be even named among you, even as becometh saints; (Eph. 5:3)

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Col. 3:5• ⁵Put to death therefore your members that [are] on the earth, fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; (Col. 3:5)

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1 Tim. 6:9‑10,17• ⁹But those that wish to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, such as sink men into destruction and perdition.
¹⁰For a root of all evils is the love of money, which some eagerly seeking were led astray from the faith and pierced themselves through with many pains.
¹⁷Those rich in the present age charge not to be highminded, nor to set their hope on uncertainty of riches, but on the God that affordeth us all things richly for enjoyment; (1 Tim. 6:9‑10,17)

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Heb. 13:5• ⁵Free from love of money [be] your course of life, satisfied with present things, for he hath said, I will not leave thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee: (Heb. 13:5)

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2 Peter 2:3,14• ³And in covetousness with feigned words, they shall make merchandise of you: for whom judgment from of old is not idle, and their perdition slumbereth not.
¹⁴having eyes full of an adulteress and without cessation from sin; setting baits for unstable souls; having a heart practiced in covetousness, children of curse; (2 Peter 2:3,14)

• 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)

• {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)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Incline my heart unto thy testimonies,{HR}And not to gain,