Psalms 119:36
Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
BSB
ASV
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.
KJV
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Therefore, as I am about to speak of what is useful, I will take up those words of the prophet: "Incline my heart to your testimonies and not to covetousness," that the sound of the word useful may not rouse in us the desire for money. Some indeed put it thus: "Incline my heart to your testimonies and not to what is useful," that is, that kind of usefulness that is always on the watch for making gains in business and has been bent and diverted by the habits of people to the pursuit of money.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
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And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
Through
Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
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The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
