Psalms 119:37
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
BSB
ASV
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
KJV
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
FLIGHT FROM THE WORLD 1:4 (397)
Therefore David, who had experienced those very glances that are dangerous for a man, aptly says that the one is blessed whose every hope is in the name of God. For such a person does not have regard to worthless things and follies if he always strives toward Christ and always looks on Christ with his inner eyes. For this reason David turned to God again and said, "Turn away my eyes, that they may not see vanity."
1834–1892
I THINK you will find the prayer for quickening repeated nine times in this Psalm. The form of it differs but it is always the same vehement cry, "Quicken me, O Lord." In addition to this you will hear David twice acknowledge that God had quickened him, saying on one occasion, "Your Word has quickened me," and in another place, "Your precepts have quickened me," so that 11 times in one Psalm David turns his contemplations to the subject of quickening. This shows us the very great importance which he attached to it.
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
1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
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Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave…
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Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
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But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
