2 Samuel 22:27

With the pure, thou didst show thyself pure,—but, with the perverse, thou didst shew thyself ready to contend:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 loving, thou didst show thyself loving,—with the blameless hero, thou didst show thyself blameless;

28And, a patient people, thou didst save,—but, thine eyes, were on the lofty—thou layedst them low;

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Cross References

Exodus 18:11Now, I know, that, greater, is Yahweh than all the gods,—Even in the thing wherein they were arrogant over them.

Leviticus 26:24Then will, I also, go in opposition to you. And, I, even I, will plague you seven times for your sins;

Psalms 18:26With the pure, thou didst show thyself pure, But, with the perverse, thou didst show thyself ready to contend.

Isaiah 45:9Alas for him who contendeth with his Fashioner,—A potsherd, [should contend] with the potsherds of the ground! Shall it be said by the clay, unto him that is fashioning it, What wouldst thou make? Or, thy work say, of thee, He 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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