Psalms Chapter 101 verse 4 Holy Bible
A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.
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The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend.
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A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil.
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A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
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A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
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A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - A froward heart shall depart from me; i.e. I will put away from me all perversity of heart; I will root it out and rid myself of it. I will not know a wicked person. This is a possible meaning, but it is better to translate, with our Revisers, "I will know no evil thing." The "principles of private conduct" may be summed up under the four heads of (1) devotion; (2) endeavour after perfectness; (3) avoidance of evil; . . .
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Froward.--See Note, Psalm 18:26.