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

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I will not look with approval
    on anything that is vile.(A)

I hate what faithless people do;(B)
    I will have no part in it.

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37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

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37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things;
    preserve my life(A) according to your word.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:37 Two manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Dead Sea Scrolls; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text life in your way

31 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

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31 “I made a covenant with my eyes(A)
    not to look lustfully at a young woman.(B)

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And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

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One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof(A) of the palace. From the roof he saw(B) a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba,(C) the daughter of Eliam(D) and the wife of Uriah(E) the Hittite.”

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13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

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13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own(A) evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin;(B) and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.(C)

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28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

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28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.(A)

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25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

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25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
    or let her captivate you with her eyes.

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17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

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17 “You shall not covet(A) your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

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Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

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Blessed is the one(A)
    who trusts in the Lord,(B)
who does not look to the proud,(C)
    to those who turn aside to false gods.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 40:4 Or to lies

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

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Love in Action

Love must be sincere.(A) Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.(B)

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Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Better what the eye sees
    than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
    a chasing after the wind.(A)

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20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart;

21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

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20 “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil;(A) yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 21 Do not turn away after useless(B) idols.(C) They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.

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Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

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“Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law(A) of Moses, without turning aside(B) to the right or to the left.(C)

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