World English Bible
"With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect."
— 2 Samuel 22:26, World English Bible
“With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.”
“With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect; ”
“You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.”
“With the holy one thou wilt be holy: and with the valiant perfect.”
“On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;”
“With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.”
For all his ordinances were before me. As for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.
With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
You will save the afflicted people, But your eyes are on the haughty, that you may bring them down.
For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.