2 Samuel 22:27

27 to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.

2 Samuel 22:27 in Other Translations

27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

27 with the purified you deal purely, and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

27 To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

27 You're good to good people, you shrewdly work around the bad ones.

27 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

27 with pure people you are pure. [In dealing] with devious people you are clever.

27 with the pure You prove Yourself pure, but with the crooked You prove Yourself shrewd.

27 To those who are pure you show that you are pure. But to those whose paths are crooked you show that you are clever.

2 Samuel 22:27

With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the
froward thou wilt show thyself unsavoury.] (See Gill on Psalms 18:26).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

25 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.

26 “To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

27 to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.

28 You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.

29 You, LORD, are my lamp; the LORD turns my darkness into light.