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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 meat of [him that hath] an evil eye,{HR}Nor desire his dainties. (Prov. 23:6)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Incline not.
Psa. 119:36• 36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies,{HR}And not to gain, (Psa. 119:36)
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Deut. 2:30• 30But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us pass by him: for Jehovah 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• 4But Jehovah hath not given you a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day. (Deut. 29:4)
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1 Kings 8:58• 58that 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. (1 Kings 8:58)
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1 Kings 22:22• 22And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and also succeed: go forth, and do so. (1 Kings 22:22)
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Isa. 63:17• 17O Jehovah, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways—hast thou 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 save us from evil. (Matt. 6:13)
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James 1:13• 13Let none when tempted say, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted by evils, and himself tempteth none. (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 the midst of them and be separated, saith [the] Lord, and touch no unclean thing; and I will receive you (2 Cor. 6:17)
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Rev. 18:4• 4And I heard another voice out of the heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues: (Rev. 18:4)
and let me.
Num. 25:2• 2And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, 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,{HR}Consider well who is before thee,
 2And put a knife to thy throat,{HR}If thou [be] a man given to appetite.
 3Be not desirous of his dainties;{HR}For they [are] deceitful food.
 6Eat thou not the meat of [him that hath] an evil eye,{HR}Nor desire his dainties.
 7For as he thinketh in his soul, so [is] he.{HR}Eat and drink, saith he to thee;{HR}But his heart [is] not with thee.
 8The morsel thou hast eaten thou shalt vomit up,{HR}And waste 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.
 7The prince of the eunuchs gave to Daniel the name of Belteshazzar and to Hananiah [the name] 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; and he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not have to pollute himself. (Dan. 1:5‑8)
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Acts 10:13‑14• 13And there came a voice unto him, Arise, Peter, slay and eat.
 14But Peter said, By no means, Lord; because never did I eat anything common and unclean. (Acts 10:13‑14)
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1 Cor. 10:27‑28,31• 27And if anyone of the unbelieving inviteth you, and ye desire to go, all that is set before you eat, examining nothing for conscience' sake.
 28But if anyone say to you, This is sacrificed, eat not for his sake that pointed [it] out, and conscience;
 31Whether then ye eat or drink or do anything, do all things unto God's glory. (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). (“Psalm 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. (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Incline 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.