King James Version with Apocrypha
"With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury."
— 2 Samuel 22:27, King James Version with Apocrypha
“With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.”
“With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward. ”
“With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.”
“You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.”
“With the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.”
“He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.”
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.
For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.