2 Samuel 22:31 · KJV
“{As for} God, his way {is} perfect; the word of the LORD {is} tried: he {is} a buckler to all them that trust in him. {tried: or, refined}”
— 2 Samuel 22:31
For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. {run: or, broken}
For who {is} God, save the LORD? and who {is} a rock, save our God?
2 Samuel 22 — Context
For thou {art} my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. {lamp: or, candle}
30For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. {run: or, broken}
31{As for} God, his way {is} perfect; the word of the LORD {is} tried: he {is} a buckler to all them that trust in him. {tried: or, refined}
32For who {is} God, save the LORD? and who {is} a rock, save our God?
33God {is} my strength {and} power: and he maketh my way perfect. {maketh: Heb. riddeth, or, looseth}
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:4
{He is} the Rock, his work {is} perfect: for all his ways {are} judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right {is} he.
Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God {is} pure: he {is} a shield unto them that put their trust in him. {pure: Heb. purified}
Psalms 18:30
{As for} God, his way {is} perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he {is} a buckler to all those that trust in him. {tried: or, refined}
Matthew 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Psalms 12:6
The words of the LORD {are} pure words: {as} silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Psalms 119:140
Thy word {is} very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. {pure: Heb. tried, or, refined}
2 Samuel 22:3
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: {he is} my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
Psalms 35:2
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.