Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Love to God and love to gain cannot dwell together in the same heart. The one will be sure to supplant the other (Matthew 6:24; 1 John 2:15; 1 Timothy 6:17; Ezekiel 33:31). "Cares, and riches, and pleasures of this life" choke the seed of the Word, so that no fruit is brought to perfection (Luke 8:14). God, in judicial retribution, gives up the covetous (including all who make self or the world their idol) to their own covetousness (Romans 1:24).