Psalms 18:25
To the merciful thou showest thyself merciful; To the upright thou showest thyself upright;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
26To the pure thou showest thyself pure, And to the perverse thou showest thyself perverse.
Cross References
Psalms 41:1“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” Happy is he who hath regard to the poor! The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Psalms 112:4To the righteous shall arise light out of darkness; He is gracious and full of compassion and righteousness.
Isaiah 57:1The righteous man perisheth, and no one layeth it to heart; And pious men are taken away, and none considereth That because of the evil the righteous man is taken away.
Ezekiel 18:25Yet ye say, “The way of the Lord is not right.” Hear now, O house of Israel! “Is not my way right?” Is it not your ways that are not right?
Matthew 18:33shouldst not thou also have had pity on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee?
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 →