Psalms 66:18

(k) If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear [me]:

(k) If I delight in wickedness, God will not hear me, but if I confess it, he will receive me.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If I regard iniquity in my heart - literally, “If I have seen iniquity in my heart.” That is, If I have indulged in a purpose of iniquity; if I h...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXVI. A and LXVI. B. Here again we have two Pss., rather unskilfully joined together, for the former ends, the latter begins abruptly. In Psalms 66...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 607 SIN A PREVENTIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF OUR PRAYERS Psalms 66:18-20 . If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me....
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me : If I regard iniquity in my heart - "If I have seen (ראיתי raithi) iniquity in my heart...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

RM 'If I had regarded iniquity.. the Lord would not hear.' The answer of God was the proof that the prayer had been offered from an upright heart.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If I regard... — Rather, if I had seen evil ( i.e., had had it purposely in view) in my heart, the Lord would not have heard me. One may not “...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If we consider, in the first place, David's Lord as the preacher here, these verses will be very blessed to our view. How was Christ exercised in the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear [me]: Ver. 18. If l regard iniquity in my heart ] If I have but a month's mind to it, as...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Resolves to Praise God; David Declaring What God Has Done for His Soul....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. The petitions of the insincere unavailing I. Consider what is implied in regarding...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thanksgiving for the Miracles of God's Deliverance. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical worship, a song or psalm, the name of the inspire...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If I regard iniquity in my heart, if he had knowingly been guilty of a transgression, the Lord will not hear me; for conscious and deliberate sinni...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 1:15 ; James 4:3 ; Job 27:8 ; Job 27:9 ; John 9:31 ; Proverbs 15:29 ; Proverbs 15:8 ; Proverbs 21:13 ; Proverbs 28:9
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Iniquity — Any sin. In heart — If my heart had been false to God, although I might have forborne outward acts. If I had been guilty of that, by hea...

¹⁸ If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

Related Commentaries of Psalms 66:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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