Psalms 18:25
\18:24\Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
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24\18:23\And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.
26\18:25\On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:17And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.
Psalms 41:1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.
Psalms 112:4For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.
Isaiah 57:1The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.
Ezekiel 18:25But you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Give ear, now, O children of Israel; is my way not equal? are not your ways unequal?
Matthew 18:33Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?
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 →