2 Samuel 22:21

“The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.”

"The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me." - 2 Samuel 22:21
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What does 2 Samuel 22:21 mean?

The verse 2 Samuel 22:21 from the King James Version of the Bible reads: "The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me." This verse is part of a larger passage in which King David is praising the Lord for…

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The Divine Reward: A Reflection on Righteousness and Divine Justice

"The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me." – 2 Samuel 22:21 (KJV) As we delve into this powerful verse from 2 Samuel, we find King David expressing profound gratitude and recognition of God's justice in…

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A Prayer for Divine Reward and Righteousness

O Lord Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth, I come before You today in humble adoration, fully aware of the majesty of Your holiness and power. I gather my thoughts and words to lift them up to You, inspired by the truth found in 2 Samuel 22:21, where it is written, "The LORD…

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2 Samuel 22:21 - "The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me."
2 Samuel 21:22 - "These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants."
1 Samuel 22:21 - "And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD'S priests."
"These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants." - 2 Samuel 21:22
2 Samuel 24:22
2 Samuel 24:22
2 Samuel 24:22
2 Samuel 22:22 - "For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God."
2 Samuel 21:21 - "And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him."
2 Samuel 22:17-20
2 Samuel 6:14–22
2 Samuel 22:2 - "And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;"
2 samuel 23:8-21
"And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD'S priests." - 1 Samuel 22:21
2 Samuel 5:21 - "And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them."
1 Samuel 2:21 - "And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD."
2 Samuel 22:19 - "They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay."
2 Samuel 22:48 - "It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,"
2 Samuel 22:13 - "Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled."
2 Samuel 21:11 - "And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done."
2 Samuel 22:46 - "Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places."
2 Samuel 22:42 - "They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not."
2 Samuel 22:33 - "God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect."
2 Samuel 22:6 - "The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;"
2 Samuel 22:15 - "And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them."
2 Samuel 22:32 - "For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?"
2 Samuel 5:22 - "¶ And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim."
2 Samuel 22:14 - "The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice."
2 Samuel 13:21 - "¶ But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth."