Psalms 18:26
With the pure thou will show thyself pure. And with the perverse thou will show thyself contrary.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
In Context
27For thou will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes thou will bring down.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:27And if for all this ye will not hearken to me, but walk contrary to me,
Psalms 109:17Yea, he loved cursing, and it came to him. And he did not delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
Micah 2:7Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of LORD restricted? Are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him who walks uprightly?
Romans 2:9pressure and restriction, upon every soul of man who produces evil, both of the Jew first, and of the Greek,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:21-29
Devout Thanksgivings; Devout Confidence 20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord , and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in… Read the whole commentary →