2 Samuel 22:24
And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
In Context
23For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.
Cross References
Genesis 6:9These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.
Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.
Psalms 51:6\51:4\Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.
Proverbs 4:23And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.
2 Corinthians 5:11Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.
Hebrews 12:1For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:3-51
David's Song of Praise. ( b. c. 1020.) 1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: Observe here, I. That it has often been the lot of God's people to have many enemies, and to be in imminent danger of falling into their hands. David was a man after God's heart, but not after men's heart: many were those that hated him, and sought his ruin; Saul is particularly named, either, 1. As distinguished… Read the whole commentary →