Psalms 101:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

Psalms 101:4 —

Old words in this verse

froward: — stubborn, twisted, contrary.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 11:20
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
2 Corinthians 6:14-16
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? …
Matthew 7:23
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Psalms 119:115
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

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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. 4)

4. A froward heart--or, “perverse heart” (Psa 18:26). Such a temper I will not indulge, nor even know evil or wickedness.