Psalms 101:3

In 11 translations

BSB

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

KJV

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.wicked…: Heb. thing of Belial

WEB

I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

ASV

I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.

LSV

I do not set a worthless thing before my eyes, || I have hated the work of those turning aside, || It does not adhere to me.

YLT

I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.

DBY

I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

DRC100:3

I did not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the workers of iniquities.

GNV

I wil set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the worke of them that fall away: it shall not cleaue vnto me.

JPS

I will set no base thing before mine eyes; I hate the doing of things crooked; it shall not cleave unto me.

LXXE100:3

I have not set before mine eyes any unlawful thing; I have hated transgressors.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

לֹֽא־אָשִׁ֨ית ׀ לְנֶ֥גֶד עֵינַ֗י דְּֽבַר־בְּלִ֫יָּ֥עַל עֲשֹֽׂה־סֵטִ֥ים שָׂנֵ֑אתִי לֹ֖א יִדְבַּ֣ק בִּֽי׃

LXX-Br100:3

Οὐ προεθέμην πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου πρᾶγμα παράνομον, ποιοῦντας παραβάσεις ἐμίσησα· οὐκ ἐκολλήθη μοικαρδία σκαμβὴ,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
• Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
• James 1:13–15When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. Then after desire…
• 2 Samuel 11:2–3One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman. So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This…
• Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
• Matthew 5:28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• Psalms 40:4Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
• Exodus 20:17You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
• 1 Samuel 12:20–21“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart. Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot…
• Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
• Deuteronomy 15:9Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD…
• Joshua 23:6Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.
• Ecclesiastes 6:9Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
• Galatians 4:9But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
• Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
• Hebrews 10:39But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

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