Psalm 119:36

Old Testament • 4 words with Strong's data

"Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness."

Word-by-Word Analysis

נָטָה

nâṭâh

H5186

to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application

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my

לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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unto thy

עֵדָה

ʻêdâh

H5713

testimony

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and not to

בֶּצַע

betsaʻ

H1215

plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)

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Key Terms in This Verse

Incline H5186

נָטָה nâṭâh

to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application

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covetousness H1215

בֶּצַע betsaʻ

plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)

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testimonies H5713

עֵדָה ʻêdâh

testimony

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heart H3820

לֵב lêb

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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Cross References

Hebrews 13:5 cross-reference

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Luke 12:15 cross-reference

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Psalm 51:10 cross-reference

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

1 Kings 8:58 cross-reference

That 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.

Colossians 3:5 cross-reference

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Exodus 18:21 cross-reference

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of ...

2 Peter 2:3 cross-reference

And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Psalm 10:3 cross-reference

For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

1 Timothy 6:17 cross-reference

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

2 Peter 2:14 cross-reference

Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

Ezekiel 33:31 cross-reference

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth...

Psalm 141:4 cross-reference

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.

Jeremiah 32:39 cross-reference

And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

Luke 16:14 cross-reference

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

Habakkuk 2:9 cross-reference

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

Ephesians 5:3 cross-reference

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

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