Psalms 18:25

Yahweh, you are faithful to those who faithfully do what you tell them to do; you always do what is good/right to those who do what you want them to do.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

In Context

24So he rewards me because I do what is right; he knows that I [SYN] have not committed sins.

26You are kind to those who are kind to others, but you act wisely toward those who ◄act perversely/do bad things►.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 9:17They refused to heed you, and they forgot about all the miracles that you had performed for them. Instead, they became stubborn [IDM], and they appointed someone to lead them back to Egypt, where they would be slaves again! But you are a God who forgives us and who is kind and merciful to us. You do not quickly become angry. You always faithfully love us.

Psalms 41:1Yahweh is pleased with those people who help to provide for the poor; he will rescue those people when they have troubles.

Psalms 112:4Godly/Righteous people are like lights [SIM] that shine in the darkness on those who are kind, merciful and righteous.

Isaiah 57:1Righteous people sometimes die when they are still young, and no one is concerned about it. Godly people sometimes die because of disasters, and no one understands why. They are taken away in order that they will not endure more calamities,

Ezekiel 18:25But you say, ‘Yahweh does not act fairly!’ You Israeli people, listen to what I say: It is certainly not [RHQ] what I do that is unfair, it is what you continually do that is not fair/right!

Matthew 18:33You should have been merciful and canceled your fellow official’s debt, just like I was merciful to you and canceled your debt [RHQ]!’

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 →

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