Psalms 18:25
With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with an upright man you will show yourself upright;
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In Context
26With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the perverse you will show yourself perverse.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:17And refused to obey, neither were mindful of your wonders that you did among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsook them not.
Psalms 41:1Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Psalms 112:4Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Isaiah 57:1The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Ezekiel 18:25Yet all of you say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
Matthew 18:33Should not you also have had compassion on your fellow servant, even as I had pity on you?
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 →