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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.
Psalms 141:4 — KJV
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Psalms 141:4
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 141:4
Theological / DevotionalIncline not. The way that the heart inclines is the way that the life soon takes. The psalmist prayed earnestly that the Lord would keep him from the practices of evil men. We must not infer from the language of this verse that God ever inclines a man’s heart to evil. Expressions such as these seem to have arisen from the concept that whatever happens to the life, God accomplishes, or at least allows (see on Ps. 44:9). The psalmist was simply using the nontechnical language of Bible writers, by which God is presented as doing that which He does not prevent. The familiar expression in the Lord’s prayer, “lead us not into temptation” (Matt. 6:13), should be understood in the same light.
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