Psalms 141:4

David prays that his heart not be drawn to evil deeds or to share in the wicked's delicacies. It asks God to keep his desires pure and uncompromised.

Cross-references · 18

• Ps 119:36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
• Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
• 2 Cor 6:17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
• Isa 63:17O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
• 1 Cor 15:33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
• 1 Kgs 8:58That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
• Jas 1:13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
• 1 Cor 10:31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
• Deut 29:4Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
• Rev 18:4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
• Dan 1:5–8And 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.
• Prov 23:1–3When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
• 1 Kgs 22:22And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
• Deut 2:30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
• Num 25:2And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
• Prov 23:6–8Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
• 1 Cor 10:27–28If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
• Acts 10:13–14And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

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