Parallel Verses
World English Bible
With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
New American Standard Bible
With the
King James Version
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
Holman Bible
You prove Yourself faithful;
with the blameless man
You prove Yourself blameless;
International Standard Version
To the holy, you show your gracious love, to the upright, you show yourself upright;
A Conservative Version
With the merciful thou will show thyself merciful. With the perfect man thou will show thyself perfect.
American Standard Version
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
Amplified
With the kind (merciful, faithful, loyal) You show Yourself kind,
With the blameless You show Yourself blameless,
Bible in Basic English
On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;
Darby Translation
With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;
Julia Smith Translation
With the kind thou wilt show thyself kind; and with the blameless man thou wilt be perfect
King James 2000
With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with an upright man you will show yourself upright;
Lexham Expanded Bible
To [the] loyal you show yourself loyal. To [the] blameless you show yourself blameless.
Modern King James verseion
With the merciful, You will show Yourself merciful; with an upright man You will show Yourself upright;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
With the holy thou shalt be holy, and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect. {TYNDALE: With the holy thou shalt be holy, and with the man that is uncorrupt, thou shalt be uncorrupt.}
NET Bible
You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.
New Heart English Bible
With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
The Emphasized Bible
With the loving, thou didst show thyself loving, - With the blameless man, thou didst show thyself blameless;
Webster
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;
Youngs Literal Translation
With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect.
Themes
Frowardness » Who the lord shows himself froward toward
Purity » Who the lord shows himself pure toward
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 18:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For Deliverance
24 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. 25 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect. 26 With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
Cross References
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
1 Kings 8:32
then hear in heaven, and do, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
Nehemiah 9:17
and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, 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 abundant in loving kindness, and didn't forsake them.
Psalm 41:1-4
Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
Psalm 62:12
Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.
Psalm 112:4-6
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.
Isaiah 26:7
The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
Isaiah 57:1-2
The 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].
Isaiah 58:7-8
Isn't it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Ezekiel 18:25-30
Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren't your ways unequal?
Matthew 18:33-35
Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'
Luke 6:35-38
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
Romans 9:14
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!