2 Samuel 22:26

With the godly thou wilt shewe thy selfe godly: with the vpright man thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

In Context

25Therefore the Lord did reward me according to my righteousnesse, according to my purenesse before his eyes.

27With the pure thou wilt shewe thy selfe pure, and with the frowarde thou wilt shew thy selfe frowarde.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:7Blessed are the mercifull: for they shall obteine mercie.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:3-51

David's Song of Praise. ( b. c. 1020.) 1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: Observe here, I. That it has often been the lot of God's people to have many enemies, and to be in imminent danger of falling into their hands. David was a man after God's heart, but not after men's heart: many were those that hated him, and sought his ruin; Saul is particularly named, either, 1. As distinguished… Read the whole commentary →

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