Psalms 18:18-28

18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.
19 He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
20 The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I am not guilty of turning from my God.
22 All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.
23 I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
24 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
26 to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
27 You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
28 You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

Cross References 20

  • 1. Proverbs 1:27; Proverbs 16:4; Jeremiah 17:17; Jeremiah 40:2; Obadiah 1:13
  • 2. Psalms 20:2; Isaiah 3:1; Psalms 59:16
  • 3. Psalms 31:8
  • 4. S Numbers 14:8; Psalms 118:5
  • 5. S 1 Samuel 26:23
  • 6. Job 22:30; Psalms 24:4
  • 7. S Ruth 2:12; S 2 Chronicles 15:7; 1 Corinthians 3:8
  • 8. 2 Chronicles 34:33; Psalms 37:34; Psalms 119:2; Proverbs 8:32; Proverbs 23:26
  • 9. Psalms 119:102
  • 10. Psalms 119:30
  • 11. S Genesis 6:9
  • 12. S 1 Samuel 26:23
  • 13. Psalms 31:23; Psalms 37:28; Psalms 50:5; Proverbs 2:8; 1 Kings 8:32; Psalms 62:12; Matthew 5:7
  • 14. Psalms 25:10; Psalms 40:11; Psalms 89:24; Psalms 146:6
  • 15. Proverbs 15:26; Matthew 5:8; Philippians 1:10; 1 Timothy 5:22; Titus 1:15; 1 John 3:3
  • 16. Proverbs 3:34; Matthew 10:16; Luke 16:8
  • 17. S 2 Chronicles 33:23; S Matthew 23:12
  • 18. S Job 41:34; S Psalms 10:5; Proverbs 3:33-34; Proverbs 6:17
  • 19. 1 Kings 11:36; Psalms 132:17
  • 20. Job 18:6; Job 29:3; Psalms 97:11; Psalms 112:4; John 1:5; S Acts 26:18; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 2 Peter 1:19
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