2 Samuel 22:24
And I shall be perfect with him. And I shall guard myself from my own iniquity.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
In Context
23For all his judgments are in my sight. And I have not removed his precepts from me.
Cross References
Genesis 6:9These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man, and yet he was predominate among his generations, for he walked with God.
Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz named Job, and he was a simple and honest man, fearing God and withdrawing from evil.
Psalms 51:6You have loved all precipitous words, you deceitful tongue.
Proverbs 4:23Preserve your heart with all watchfulness, for life proceeds from this.
2 Corinthians 5:11Therefore, having knowledge of the fear of the Lord, we appeal to men, but we are made manifest before God. Yet I hope, too, that we may be made manifest in your consciences.
Hebrews 12:1Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to 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 →