2 Samuel 22:22-25

David's Song of Deliverance

22 e For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 f For all his rules were before me,
and from his statutes I did not turn aside.
24 I was g blameless before him,
and I kept myself from guilt.
25 d And the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to my cleanness in his sight.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 18:19
    For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.
    Proverbs 8:32
    And now, O sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 119:30
    I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me.
    Psalms 119:102
    I do not turn aside from your rules, for you have taught me.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 6:9
    These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
    Genesis 17:1
    When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.
    Job 1:1
    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
  4. Cross References
    2 Samuel 22:21
    The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
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