Psalm 18:23 “And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.”

Psalm 18:23

And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

American Standard Version

I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.

Geneva Bible 1599

I was vpright also with him, and haue kept me from my wickednes.

Darby Translation

And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.

Young's Literal Translation

And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.

Bible in Basic English

And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

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Cross references

“upright”

Psalm 11:7 Psalm 17:3 Psalm 37:27 1 Samuel 26:23 1 Chronicles 29:17 Psalm 7:1–8

Psalm 11:7 · BSB

For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.

Psalm 17:3 · BSB

You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.

Psalm 37:27 · BSB

Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.

1 Samuel 26:23 · BSB

May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed.

1 Chronicles 29:17 · BSB

I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to…

Psalm 7:1–8 · BSB

O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,

“I kept”

Matthew 5:29 Matthew 5:30 Matthew 18:8 Matthew 18:9

Matthew 5:29 · BSB

If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Matthew 5:30 · BSB

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.

Matthew 18:8 · BSB

If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

Matthew 18:9 · BSB

And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.

24So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

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