Psalms 101:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Psalms 101:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:37
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Job 31:1
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
2 Samuel 11:2-3
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. …
Proverbs 6:25
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
James 1:13-15
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: …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-8)

David here cuts out to himself and others a pattern both of a good magistrate and a good master of a family; and, if these were careful to discharge the duty of their place, it would contribute very much to a universal reformation. Observe, I. The chosen subject of the psalm (Ps. 101:1): I will sing of mercy and judgment, that is, 1. Of God’s mercy and judgment, and then it looks back upon the dis…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. set ... eyes--as an example to be approved and followed. no wicked thing--literally, “word,” plan or purpose of Belial (Psa 41:8). work of ... aside--apostates. not cleave to me--I will not be implicated in it (compare Psa 1:1-3).