KJV King James Version
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
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Psalm 18:23
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
WEB World English Bible
I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
ASV American Standard Version
I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.
Surrounding context — Psalm 18
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 his eyesight.
25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
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Cross-references
Matthew 18:8-9Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast [them] from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.Matthew 5:29-30And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not [that] thy whole body should be cast into hell.Psalm 11:7For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.1 Chronicles 29:17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast 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 thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.Psalm 37:27Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.1 Samuel 26:23The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into [my] hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’S anointed.Psalm 17:3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress.Psalm 7:1-8Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
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