Key Verse Spotlight
2 Samuel 22:26 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, {and} with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.”
2 Samuel 22:26
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. {before: Heb. to}
Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. {in...: Heb. before his eyes}
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, {and} with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. {shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle}
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes {are} upon the haughty, {that} thou mayest bring {them} down.
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