2 Samuel 22:27
in 2 Samuel 22to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
KJV
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 22
Commentary
3 notes on this verseEven the merciful need mercy; and they shall obtain it. [2.] God's uprightness, his justice and faithfulness, will be the joy of those that are upright, just, and faithful, both towards God and man. [3.] God's purity and holiness will be the joy of those that are pure and holy, who therefore give thanks at the remembrance thereof.
This site's exposition
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful
on 2 Samuel 22:26-28
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful states a principle of reciprocity that runs through the wisdom books, God meeting a man according to the character the man brings to him, and John Gill ties the wording directly to its parallel in Psalm eighteen. The froward, crooked or perverse, meets a God who shows himself unsavoury to match, and Matthew Henry reads the four pairings, merciful, upright, pure, froward, as one statement of how God's own character answers back whatever a man brings before him. The afflicted people thou wilt save closes the section on the side of grace, the humble set against the haughty that God brings down.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself unsavoury. See Gill on Psa 18:26.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| נָבָ֖ר | navar | [one who] purifies himself | H1305 → | |
| תִּתָּבָ֑ר | titavar | you show yourself pure | H1305 → | |
| וְעִם־ | veim- | and with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| עִקֵּ֖שׁ | ʾikesh | a perverse [person] | H6141 → | |
| תִּתַּפָּֽל׃ | titapal | you show yourself twisted | H6617 → |
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
נָבָ֖ר[one who] purifies himself
navarH1305 →
תִּתָּבָ֑רyou show yourself pure
titavarH1305 →
וְעִם־and with
veim-H5973 →1050 times
עִקֵּ֖שׁa perverse [person]
ʾikeshH6141 →
תִּתַּפָּֽל׃you show yourself twisted
titapalH6617 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
it leads to
- Psalms 24:4
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
- Psalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
- Hebrews 10:22
let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
- Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
- Ezekiel 36:25–27
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Psalms 24:4
Through
Isaiah 45:9Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
it leads to
- Romans 9:20–21
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
- Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
- Romans 9:20–21
Through
Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
it leads to
- Isaiah 59:8
The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
- Isaiah 59:8
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About 2 Samuel
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.