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2 Samuel 22:24
24I was also blameless before Him, And kept myself from wrongdoing.
2 Samuel 22:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
- New International Version (NIV)I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I was also blameless before Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.
Context of 2 Samuel 22:24
22For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not acted wickedly against my God. 23For all His judgments (legal decisions) were before me, And from His statutes I did not turn aside. I was also blameless before Him, And kept myself from wrongdoing. 25Therefore the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in His sight. 26With the loving and loyal You show Yourself loving and loyal, With the blameless You show Yourself blameless.
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וָאֶהְיֶ֥ה תָמִ֖ים ל֑וֹ וָאֶשְׁתַּמְּרָ֖ה מֵעֲוֹנִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:24
- Genesis 6:9These are the records of the generations (family history) of Noah. Noah was a righteous man [one who was just and had right standing with God], blameless in his [evil] generation; Noah walked (lived) [in habitual fellowship] with God.
- Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; Walk [habitually] before Me [with integrity, knowing that you are always in My presence], and be blameless and complete [in obedience to Me].
- Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God [with reverence] and abstained from and turned away from evil [because he honored God].
- Psalms 51:6Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.
- Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor; No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
- John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Here is an Israelite indeed [a true descendant of Jacob], in whom there is no guile nor deceit nor duplicity!”
- 2 Corinthians 5:11Therefore, since we know the fear of the Lord [and understand the importance of obedience and worship], we persuade people [to be reconciled to Him]. But we are plainly known to God [He knows everything about us]; and I hope that we are plainly known also in your consciences [your God-given discernment].
- Proverbs 4:23Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
- Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who by faith have testified to the truth of God’s absolute faithfulness], stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us,
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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