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I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me.
Psalms 101:3 — KJV
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Psalms 101:3
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Commentary
Commentary on Psalms 101:3
Theological / DevotionalWicked thing. Literally, “thing of Belial” (see on Deut. 13:13).
Before mine eyes. David resolves not to look upon evil (see 1 John 2:16; cf. 2 Cor. 3:18), that his life may not imitate what he would see. To a great extent we are what we habitually behold. “Hear no evil; see no evil; speak no evil.” Concerning Job’s high estimate of personal purity see Job 31:1, 7.
Not cleave. Though I come into contact with evil, I shall immediately separate myself from it. “We cannot keep the birds from flying over our heads, but we can keep them from building nests in our hair.”
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