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36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
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Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
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.
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, …
That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 35-36)He had before prayed to God to enlighten his understanding, that he might know his duty, and not mistake concerning it; here he prays to God to bow his will, and quicken the active powers of his soul, that he might do his duty; for it is God that works in us both to will and to do , as well as to understand, what is good, Phil. 2:13. Both the good head and the good heart are from the good grace of…
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