Those who are blameless before God can still be in trouble with other men. In fact, the more righteous a man, the more likely he is to draw the anger of the godless against himself. Yet our concern should not be to exonerate ourselves before men, but rather to be found blameless before God. Then he will deliver us, as Daniel testifies regarding his deliverance from the lions, saying first that he was saved primarily because, ...I was found innocent before him [God]; then, toward you, O king, I have committed no crime.
(Daniel 6:22). Thus the righteous stand, while the devious are cast down suddenly, as were Daniel’s enemies (Daniel 6:24).
18 Whoever walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.