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2 Samuel 22:21
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2 Samuel 22:21
21The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21The LORD rewarded mee according to my righteousnesse: according to the cleannesse of my hands, hath hee recompensed me.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Samuel 22:21
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Gave or received a return, recompense, or requital for conduct or work, whether good or evil as stated.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Agreeing or corresponding; in conformity with; as stated, measured, or directed by.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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righteousness
The state or character of being righteous; justice, uprightness, or conformity to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The state of being clean, pure, or free from defilement.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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recompensed
Rewarded; requited.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study23The Lord render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the Lord delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the Lord’s anointed.
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Open the full verse study4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
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Open the full verse study32Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
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Open the full verse study8The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
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Open the full verse study8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
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Open the full verse study58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
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Open the full verse study25Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
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Open the full verse study9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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Open the full verse study20The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
23I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
24Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
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Open the full verse study11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
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Open the full verse study3O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
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