KJV King James Version
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.
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Psalm 119:37
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
WEB World English Bible
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
ASV American Standard Version
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
Surrounding context — Psalm 119
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.
38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who [is devoted] to thy fear.
39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments [are] good.
40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
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1 John 2:16For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.Proverbs 4:25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.Isaiah 33:15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;Numbers 15:39And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:Job 31:1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?Matthew 5:28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.Psalm 119:40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.Psalm 71:20[Thou], which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.2 Samuel 11:2And 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.Joshua 7:21When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they [are] hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.Psalm 119:25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
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