2 Samuel 22:23
For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
BSB
ASV
For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
KJV
For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
God had recompensed him, though not for his righteousness, as if that had merited any thing at the hand of God, yet according to his righteousness, which he was well pleased with, and had an eye to.
By this it appeared that he was upright before God, or to God (in his sight, and with an eye to him), that he kept himself from his own iniquity, not only from that particular sin of killing Saul when it was in the power of his hand to do it, but, in general, he was afraid of sin and watchful against it, and made conscience of what he said and did.
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John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
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For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
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Psalms 119:30I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
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And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
