2 Samuel 22:27

With the pure Thou dost show myself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

In Context

26With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright,

28And the afflicted people Thou dost save; but Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest humble them.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods; yea, for that they dealt proudly against them.'

Leviticus 26:24then will I also walk contrary unto you; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins.

Psalms 18:26(18-27) With the pure Thou dost show Thyself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.

Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, as a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioned it: 'What makest thou?' Or: 'Thy work, it hath 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 →

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