Psalms 101:4

In 11 translations

BSB

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.

KJV

A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

WEB

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

ASV

A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.

LSV

A perverse heart turns aside from me, || I do not know wickedness.

YLT

A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.

DBY

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil.

DRC100:4

The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know.

GNV

A froward heart shall depart from me: I will knowe none euill.

JPS

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil thing.

LXXE100:4

A perverse heart has not cleaved to me; I have not known an evil man, forasmuch as he turns away from me.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לֵבָ֣ב עִ֭קֵּשׁ יָס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נִּי רָ֝֗ע לֹ֣א אֵדָֽע׃

LXX-Br100:4

ἐκκλίνοντος ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ τοῦ πονηροῦ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκον.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 11:20The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
• Proverbs 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
• 2 Corinthians 6:14–16Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a…
• 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
• Matthew 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
• Psalms 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
• Proverbs 9:6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
• Proverbs 22:24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
• Psalms 6:8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
• Proverbs 3:32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
• Proverbs 2:12–15to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity, from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness, from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,…
• 2 Corinthians 11:33But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.

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