Psalms 18:26

With the pure, thou didst show thyself pure, But, with the perverse, thou didst show thyself ready to contend.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 loving, thou didst show thyself loving,—With the blameless man, thou didst show thyself blameless;

27For, as for thee, an oppressed people, thou didst save, but, looks that were lofty, layedst thou low;

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:27And, if, with this, ye will not hearken to me,—But will go in opposition to me,

Psalms 109:17Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept far from him;

Micah 2:7O thou who art said to be the house of Jacob, Is the spirit of Yahweh, impatient? Or are, these, his doings? Are not, his words, pleasant to him who is upright in his walk?

Romans 2:9tribulation and anguish—against every soul of man who worketh out what is base, both of Jew first and of 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 →

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