Psalms 18:26
With the pure you show yourself pure, but shrewd with the devious.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
In Context
25With the loyal you are loyal, and with the blameless blameless.
27For the lowly people you save, but haughty eyes you abase.
Cross References
Psalms 109:17“May the curses he loved light upon him, may the blessings he loathed be afar.
Micah 2:7Is the Lord impatient, or are such things his deeds? Are not his words favorable to the family of Jacob?’ Aren’t my commands good for those who obey them?
Romans 2:9will fall on every human being who persists in wrongdoing – on the Jew first, but also on 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 →