Psalms 18:26
(18:27) With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt wage a contest.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
In Context
27(18:28) For thou wilt indeed save the afflicted people; but haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:27And if notwithstanding this ye will not hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me:
Psalms 109:17As he loved cursing, so let it come over him: and as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
Micah 2:7Shall it be said [in] the house of Jacob, Is the spirit of the Lord straightened? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
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 →