2 Samuel 22:24
I was vpright also towarde him, and haue kept me from my wickednesse.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
In Context
23For all his lawes were before me, and his statutes: I did not depart therefrom.
Cross References
Genesis 6:9These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a iust and vpright man in his time: and Noah walked with God.
Job 1:1There was a man in the lande of Vz called Iob, and this man was an vpright and iust man, one that feared God, and eschewed euill.
Psalms 51:6Beholde, thou louest trueth in the inwarde affections: therefore hast thou taught mee wisedome in the secret of mine heart.
Proverbs 4:23Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life.
2 Corinthians 5:11Knowing therefore that terrour of the Lord, we persuade men, and we are made manifest vnto God, and I trust also that we are made manifest in your consciences.
Hebrews 12:1Wherefore, let vs also, seeing that we are compassed with so great a cloude of witnesses, cast away euery thing that presseth downe, and the sinne that hangeth so fast on: let vs runne with patience the race that is set before vs,
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 →