Psalm 141:4

New International Reader's Version

Don’t let my heart be drawn to what is evil. Don’t let me join with people who do evil. Don’t let me eat their fancy food.

Cross References

Genesis 27:14

So he went and got the goats. He brought them to his mother. And she prepared some tasty food. She made it just the way his father liked it.

1 Kings 13:8

But the man of God replied to the king. He said, “What if you were to give me half of what you own? Even then I wouldn’t go with you. I wouldn’t eat bread or drink water here.

1 Kings 22:22

“ ‘How?’ the Lord asked. “The spirit said, ‘I’ll go out and put lies in the mouths of all his prophets.’ “ ‘You will have success in getting Ahab to attack Ramoth Gilead,’ said the Lord. ‘Go and do it.’

1 Kings 8:58

May he turn our hearts to him. Then we will live the way he wants us to. We’ll obey the commands, rules and directions he gave our people of long ago.

Psalm 119:36

Make me want to follow your covenant laws instead of wanting to gain things only for myself.

Psalm 28:3

Don’t drag me away with sinners. Don’t drag me away with those who do evil. They speak in a friendly way to their neighbors. But their hearts are full of hate.

Isaiah 63:17

Lord, why do you let us wander away from you? Why do you let us become so stubborn that we don’t respect you? Come back and help us. We are the tribes that belong to you.

Numbers 25:2

The women invited the men to feasts and sacrifices to honor their gods. The people ate the sacrifices and bowed down in front of the statues of those gods.

Matthew 6:13

Keep us from sinning when we are tempted. Save us from the evil one.’

1 Corinthians 10:31

So eat and drink and do everything else for the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Don’t let anyone fool you. “Bad companions make a good person bad.”

2 Corinthians 6:17

So, “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch anything that is not pure and ‘clean.’ Then I will receive you.” (Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41)

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon, the king of Heshbon, refused to let us walk through. The Lord your God had made him stubborn in his heart and spirit. The Lord wanted to hand him over to you. And that’s exactly what he has done.

Deuteronomy 29:4

But to this day the Lord hasn’t given you a mind that understands. He hasn’t given you eyes that see. He hasn’t given you ears that hear.

James 1:13

When a person is tempted, they shouldn’t say, “God is tempting me.” God can’t be tempted by evil. And he doesn’t tempt anyone.

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven. It said, “ ‘Come out of her, my people.’ (Jeremiah 51:45) Then you will not take part in her sins. You will not suffer from any of her plagues.