2 Samuel 22:24
I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
In Context
23For all his ordinances were before me. As for his statutes, I didn’t depart from them.
Cross References
Genesis 6:9This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
Psalms 51:6Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Proverbs 4:23Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
2 Corinthians 5:11Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God, and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.
Hebrews 12:1Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before 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 →