Psalms 119:36 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 119:36

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

KJV

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ASV

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.

WEB

Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.

YLT

Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.

DBT

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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33 verses on the floor

Colossians 3:2
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Psalms 119:5
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Luke 12:15
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.
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Philippians 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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To encourage us in prayer for divine aid in adhering to His truth, we are permitted to believe that by His help we shall succeed. the way of thy statutes--that is, the way or manner of life prescribed by them. The help we hope to obtain by prayer is to be the basis on which our resolutions should rest.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Covetousness - He mentions this in particular, because it is most opposite to God's testimonies, and does most commonly hinder men from receiving his word, and from profiting by it: and because it is most pernicious, as being the root of all evil.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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H571559× in canon H5186214× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 119:36PSA 51:10 EZE 11:19
PSA 119:36HEB 13:5 DEU 31:8
PSA 119:36PSA 51:10 2CO 5:17
PSA 119:36HEB 13:5 JOS 1:5
PSA 119:36PSA 51:10 EPH 4:22-24
PSA 119:36PSA 51:10 MAT 5:8
PSA 119:36HEB 13:5 DEU 31:6
PSA 119:36PSA 51:10 EZE 18:31

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