Psalms 18:20

David says God rewarded him according to his righteousness and clean hands. It matters because it affirms that God honors genuine, though imperfect, covenant faithfulness.

Cross-references · 16

• Ps 24:4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
• 1 Cor 3:8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
• Ps 58:11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
• Matt 6:4That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
• Prov 11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
• Job 22:30He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
• Ps 7:8The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
• Heb 7:26For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
• Ps 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
• Isa 62:11Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
• Isa 49:4Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
• Ps 18:24Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
• 1 Sam 24:19–20For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
• Ps 26:6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
• 1 Sam 24:11–13Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
• 1 Sam 24:17And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

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