2 Samuel 22:27

27 You are pure toward the pure, but toward the crooked, you are tricky.

2 Samuel 22:27 Meaning and Commentary

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).

2 Samuel 22:27 In-Context

25 And so the LORD restored me for my righteousness, because I am clean in his eyes.

26 You deal faithfully with the faithful; you show integrity toward the one who has integrity.

27 You are pure toward the pure, but toward the crooked, you are tricky.

28 You are the one who saves people who suffer, but your eyes are against the proud. You bring them down!

29 You are my lamp, LORD; the LORD illumines my darkness.