2Sa 22:27 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:27

27: To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the wicked you show yourself hostile.

"And if you fail to learn a lesson from this and continue your hostility toward me,
then I myself will be hostile toward you, and I will personally strike you seven times over for your sins.
I will send armies against you to carry out these covenant threats. If you flee to your cities, I will send a plague to destroy you there, and you will be conquered by your enemies.
I will completely destroy your food supply, so the bread from one oven will have to be stretched to feed ten families. They will ration your food by weight, and even if you have food to eat, you will not be satisfied.
"If after this you still refuse to listen and still remain hostile toward me,

"If you refuse to obey all the terms of this law that are written in this book, and if you do not fear the glorious and awesome name of the LORD your God,
then the LORD will overwhelm both you and your children with indescribable plagues. These plagues will be intense and without relief, making you miserable and unbearably sick.
He will bring against you all the diseases of Egypt that you feared so much, and they will claim you.
The LORD will bring against you every sickness and plague there is, even those not mentioned in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.

To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the wicked you show yourself hostile.

"Destruction is certain for those who argue with their Creator. Does a clay pot ever argue with its maker? Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying, `Stop, you are doing it wrong!' Does the pot exclaim, `How clumsy can you be!'

But banish those who turn to crooked ways, O LORD. Take them away with those who do evil. And let Israel have quietness and peace.

I know now that the LORD is greater than all other gods, because his people have escaped from the proud and cruel Egyptians."

Home