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Salmos 119:36
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Inclina mi corazón a tus testimonios y no a la ganancia deshonesta.
Inclina mi coraz�n a tus testimonios, y no a la avaricia.
Inclina mi coraz�n a tus testimonios, y no a la avaricia.
Bible Verse Review
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Incline: Psalms 51:10, Psalms 141:4, 1 Kings 8:58, Jeremiah 32:39, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 11:20
and not to: Psalms 10:3, Exodus 18:21, Ezekiel 33:31, Habakkuk 2:9, Mark 7:21, Mark 7:22, Luke 12:15, Luke 16:14, Ephesians 5:3, Colossians 3:5, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10, 1 Timothy 6:17, Hebrews 13:5, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:14
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:17 - thy neighbour's house Psalms 119:5 - General Psalms 119:35 - Make me Psalms 119:112 - inclined Proverbs 16:1 - preparations Proverbs 23:5 - thou Ecclesiastes 5:11 - they Isaiah 63:17 - why Jeremiah 22:17 - thine eyes Philippians 2:13 - to will Colossians 3:2 - Set 2 Thessalonians 3:5 - the Lord 1 John 2:16 - and the lust
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies,.... To read the word of God, to hear it opened and explained, to observe and keep the things contained in it; to which there is a disinclination in men naturally: but the Lord, who fashions the hearts of men, and has them in his hands, can bend and incline them by his efficacious grace to regard these his testimonies; which, as Aben Ezra observes, are more precious than all substance, and so are opposed to what follows:
and not to covetousness; not to mammon or money, as the Targum; the love of it, which is the root of all evil, and very pernicious and harmful; in hearing the word it chokes it, and makes it unfruitful, 1 Timothy 6:9. Not that God inclines the heart to evil, as he does to good; but he may suffer the heart to be inclined, and may leave a man to the natural inclinations of his heart, and to the temptations of Satan, and the snares of the world, which may have great influence upon him; and this is what is here deprecated; see Psalms 141:4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies - Cause my heart to be inclined to them, or to be disposed to keep them. This, too, is a recognition of dependence, and a prayer for guidance.
And not to covetousness - To gain; to the love of money. This seems to be referred to here as the principal thing which would turn away the heart from religion, or as that from which the most danger was to be feared. There are undoubtedly many other things which will do this - for all sin will do it; but this was the chief danger which the psalmist apprehended in his own case, and perhaps he meant to refer to this as the principal danger on this subject which besets the path of man. There are manymore persons turned away from the service of God, and kept away from it, by covetousness than there are by any other one sin. When the psalmist prays that God would not “incline” his heart to covetousness, the language is similar to that in the Lord’s prayer - “And lead us not into temptation.” That is, Restrain us from it; let us not be put in circumstances where we shall be in danger of it. We are not to suppose that God exerts any positive influence either to make a man covetous, or to tempt him. See James 1:13-14.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 119:36. Not to covetousness. — Let me have no inordinate love for gain of any kind, nor for any thing that may grieve thy Spirit, or induce me to seek my happiness here below.
