2 Samuel 22:26
in 2 Samuel 22To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
KJV
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 22
Commentary
3 notes on this verseEven the merciful need mercy; and they shall obtain it. [2.] God's uprightness, his justice and faithfulness, will be the joy of those that are upright, just, and faithful, both towards God and man. [3.] God's purity and holiness will be the joy of those that are pure and holy, who therefore give thanks at the remembrance thereof.
This site's exposition
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful
on 2 Samuel 22:26-28
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful states a principle of reciprocity that runs through the wisdom books, God meeting a man according to the character the man brings to him, and John Gill ties the wording directly to its parallel in Psalm eighteen. The froward, crooked or perverse, meets a God who shows himself unsavoury to match, and Matthew Henry reads the four pairings, merciful, upright, pure, froward, as one statement of how God's own character answers back whatever a man brings before him. The afflicted people thou wilt save closes the section on the side of grace, the humble set against the haughty that God brings down.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright. See Gill on Psa 18:25.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| חָסִ֖יד | chasid | a faithful [person] | H2623 → | |
| תִּתְחַסָּ֑ד | titchasad | you show yourself faithful | H2616 → | |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| גִּבּ֥וֹר | gibor | a mighty [man] | H1368 → | 158 times |
| תָּמִ֖ים | tamim | blameless | H8549 → | 91 times |
| תִּתַּמָּֽם׃ | titamam | you show yourself blameless | H8552 → | 63 times |
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
חָסִ֖ידa faithful [person]
chasidH2623 →
תִּתְחַסָּ֑דyou show yourself faithful
titchasadH2616 →
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
גִּבּ֥וֹרa mighty [man]
giborH1368 →158 times
תָּמִ֖יםblameless
tamimH8549 →91 times
תִּתַּמָּֽם׃you show yourself blameless
titamamH8552 →63 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
it leads to
- Ephesians 4:32
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
- Matthew 6:14–15
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
- Matthew 18:33–35
Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’
- Psalms 18:25
To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
- James 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Ephesians 4:32
Through
James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
it leads to
- Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
- Matthew 6:15
But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.
- Proverbs 21:13
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
- Matthew 5:7
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About 2 Samuel
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.