Psalms 18:23
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
In Context
22For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:17I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto you.
Psalms 11:7For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; his countenance does behold the upright.
Psalms 37:27Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Matthew 5:29And if your right eye offend you, pluck it out, and cast it from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:21-29
Devout Thanksgivings; Devout Confidence 20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord , and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in… Read the whole commentary →