I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
Parallel translations
- WEB I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
- BSB And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
- NKJV I was also blameless before Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.
- NASB “I was also blameless toward Him, And I have kept myself from my wrongdoing.
- NLT I am blameless before God; I have kept myself from sin.
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Quick answer
David was blameless toward God and kept himself from iniquity. He maintained sincere integrity in his walk with the Lord.
Overview
"Blameless" denotes wholehearted devotion rather than moral perfection, the same integrity Scripture commends in the godly. David resisted the temptations that would have led him into sin against God. Ultimately only Christ is truly without iniquity, and his perfect blamelessness is credited to all who trust him.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 6:9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
- Gen 17:1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
- Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
- Eph 1:4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
- Heb 12:1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
- John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
- 2 Cor 5:11Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
- Ps 51:6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
- Ps 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- Prov 4:23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
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