Verse 23

I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 26:23 : 23 The LORD repay every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD's anointed.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know also, my God, that You test the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now I have seen with joy Your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to You.
  • Ps 7:1-8 : 1 O LORD my God, in you do I put my trust: save me from all those who persecute me, and deliver me: 2 Lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there is iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me; (yes, I have delivered him who without cause is my enemy:) 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah. 6 Arise, O LORD, in your anger, lift up yourself because of the rage of my enemies; and awake for me to the judgment you have commanded. 7 So shall the congregation of the people surround you: for their sakes therefore return on high. 8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity that is in me.
  • Ps 11:7 : 7 For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.
  • Ps 17:3 : 3 You have tested my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
  • Ps 37:27 : 27 Depart from evil and do good, and live forevermore.
  • Matt 5:29-30 : 29 And if your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
  • Matt 18:8-9 : 8 Therefore if your hand or your foot offends you, cut them off and cast them from you: it is better for you to enter into life crippled or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. 9 And if your eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it from you: it is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.