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Psa. 18:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;

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Psa. 41:1‑4• ¹To the chief musician; a psalm of David.{HR}Blessed [is] he that payeth attention to the poor;{HR}In the day of evil Jehovah will deliver him.
²Jehovah will preserve him and keep him alive:{HR}He shall be prospered in the land;{HR}And do not thou give him up to the will of his enemies.
³Jehovah will hold him up on the bed of languishing:{HR}All his bed thou hast turned in his sickness.
⁴I said, O Jehovah, be merciful to me,{HR}Heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee. (Psa. 41:1‑4)

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Psa. 112:4‑6• ⁴There ariseth in the darkness light for the upright:{HR}Gracious and merciful and righteous [is he].
⁵Good [is] the man gracious and lending;{HR}He will sustain his matters with judgment.
⁶For he shall not be moved forever;{HR}For everlasting remembrance shall be a righteous one. (Psa. 112:4‑6)

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Neh. 9:17• ¹⁷and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not. (Neh. 9:17)

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Isa. 57:1‑2• ¹The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart; and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from before the evil.
²He entereth into peace: they rest in their beds, [each] that hath walked [in] his uprightness. (Isa. 57:1‑2)

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Isa. 58:7‑8• ⁷[Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor wanderers to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
⁸Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearward. (Isa. 58:7‑8)

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Matt. 18:33‑35• ³³oughtedst not thou also to have pitied thy fellow-bondman, as I also pitied thee?
³⁴And his lord, in wrath, delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all that was owing to him.
³⁵Thus also shall my heavenly Father do to you, if ye forgive not from your hearts each his brother. (Matt. 18:33‑35)

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Luke 6:35‑38• ³⁵But love your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of [the] Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked.
³⁶Be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is merciful.
³⁷And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall in nowise be condemned. Remit, and it shall be remitted unto you.
³⁸Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over shall be given into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. (Luke 6:35‑38)

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Isa. 26:7• ⁷The way of the just [is] uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even. (Isa. 26:7)

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Ezek. 18:25‑30• ²⁵Yet ye say, The way of Jehovah is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
²⁶When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
²⁷Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
²⁸Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
²⁹Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of Jehovah is not equal. Ο house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
³⁰Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. (Ezek. 18:25‑30)

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Rom. 9:14• ¹⁴What then shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with God? Let it not be. (Rom. 9:14)

• It is the government of God, (see 25-26) having regard to righteousness on the earth which in Christ was perfect. But this, perfectly accomplished when Christ's enemies are put under His feet, is not actually so how, because God prepares His saints for a heavenly dwelling and joy, and, during all the proving of the first Adam, shows by their trials that their rest is not here. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 18-21” by J.N. Darby)

• The principles of God’s earthly government are clearly set forth in verse 25 and 26. In the government of God we reap what we sow. (“Psalm 18” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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With the graciouse thou dost shew thyself graciousf; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;

JND Translation Notes

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Chasid. see Notes, 2 Sam. 22.26; 2 Chron. 6.42.

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Chesed. see 2 Chron. 6.42.

W. Kelly Translation

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aWith the merciful thou showest thyself merciful,{HR}With the upright man thou showest thyself upright.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, perfect, clear.