Psalm 18:25 {17:26}
Good News Translation
O LORD, you are faithful to those who are faithful to you; completely good to those who are perfect.

New Revised Standard Version
With the loyal you show yourself loyal; with the blameless you show yourself blameless;

Contemporary English Version
You are always loyal to your loyal people, and you are faithful to the faithful.

New American Bible
Toward the faithful you are faithful; to the honest man you are honest;

Douay-Rheims Bible
With the holy thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

With the holy thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent:

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Psalm 41:1-4 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. [2] Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day. . . .

Psalm 112:4-6 To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: he is merciful, and compassionate and just. . . .

Nehemiah 9:17 And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, didst not forsake them.

Isaiah 57:1,2 The just perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, and men of mercy are taken away, because there is none that understandeth; for the just man is taken away from before the face of evil. . . .

Isaiah 58:7,8 Deal thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the harbourless into thy house: when thou shalt see one naked, cover him, and despise not thy own flesh. . . .

Matthew 18:33-35 Shouldst not thou then have had compassion also on thy fellow servant, even as I had compassion on thee? . . .

Luke 6:35-38 But love ye your enemies: do good, and lend, hoping for nothing thereby: and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest. For he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil. . . .

thou wilt

Isaiah 26:7 The way of the just is right, the path of the just is right to walk in.

Ezekiel 18:25-30 And you have said: The way of the Lord is not right. Hear ye, therefore, O house of Israel: Is it my way that is not right, and are not rather your ways perverse? . . .

Romans 9:14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? God forbid!

Context
The LORD is My Rock
24And the Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes. 25With the holy thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent:26And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.…
Cross References
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

1 Kings 8:32
Then hear thou in heaven: and do and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, and bringing his way upon his own head, and justifying the just, and rewarding him according to his justice.

Psalm 18:30
As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire-tried: he is the protector of all that trust in him.

Psalm 62:12
And mercy to thee, O Lord; for thou wilt render to every man according to his works.

Psalm 18:24
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