Psalm 18:26
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
Cross-reference
Psalm 109:17-19 depicts curses returning on the one who loved cursing, mirroring the reciprocal justice of God with the crooked.
Psalm 146:9 contrasts God's care for the vulnerable with ruin for the wicked, mirroring the dual response.
Leviticus 26:24 directly states God will walk contrary to those who walk contrary, exactly matching the twisted response to the crooked.
Leviticus 26:28 intensifies God's reciprocal action: walking contrary in fury, disciplining sevenfold for sins.
Proverbs 3:34 states God scorns the scornful but gives grace to the humble, a direct parallel to showing himself twisted to the crooked.
Romans 2:4-6 teaches God's judgment according to works, storing up wrath for the impenitent, aligning with the reciprocal principle.
2 Samuel 22:27 is a near-identical parallel from David's song, confirming the same divine response to human character.
Proverbs 3:32 directly parallels: the devious are an abomination, the upright in God's confidence.
Proverbs 11:20 echoes: crooked hearts are an abomination, blameless ways are God's delight.
Matthew 7:2 states the measure you use will be measured to you, mirroring the reciprocal treatment of the pure and crooked in Psalm 18:26.
Matthew 5:8 promises the pure in heart will see God, paralleling the principle that God shows himself pure to the pure.
Luke 6:38 applies the measure-for-measure principle to giving, similar to God's reciprocal treatment in Psalm 18:26.
Romans 2:9 applies the same principle: God repays evil with tribulation, echoing the crooked receiving twisted treatment.
James 2:13 shows the corollary: mercy triumphs for the merciful, paralleling the pure receiving purity.