2 Samuel 22:27
You show yourself pure to those who are pure, but you show yourself astute to those who are crafty.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
In Context
26You show trust to those who are trusting; you show integrity to those with integrity,
28You save the humble, but your eyes watch the proud to bring them down.
Cross References
Exodus 18:11This is so convincing to me that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he saved the people from the Egyptians when they acted so arrogantly towards the Israelites.”
Leviticus 26:24then I will take action against you. I will punish you seven times over for your sins.
Psalms 18:26You show yourself pure to those who are pure, but you show yourself smart to those who are crafty.
Isaiah 45:9What trouble people face when they fight with their Creator—they're just pots among all the other pots on earth! Does the clay tell the potter who is shaping it, “What are you doing?” or “What you're making is so bad it's like you have no hands!”
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 →