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Psalm 18:24

Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

22For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.
23I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
24Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
26With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
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The phrase “in his eyesight” puts David's claim of clean hands before God's judgment, where integrity has weight beyond human approval.

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Where else Scripture says this

7 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Ruth 2:12May the LORD repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”Both passages connect the LORD's reward with a person's conduct, with Ruth also naming him as the refuge she has sought.
Matthew 10:41–42He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive …Both link reward with righteousness, though Matthew speaks of receiving a righteous man and the psalm speaks of the speaker's conduct.
1 Samuel 26:23The LORD will give to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because the LORD delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn’t stretch out my hand …Both name the LORD as the one who rewards righteousness, with Samuel giving the concrete example of refusing to harm the LORD's anointed.
Judges 1:33Naphtali didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. …There is no clear shared claim: Judges reports incomplete conquest and forced labor, while the psalm describes God's reward for righteousness.
Psalm 18:20The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.Both verses repeat the same claim that the LORD has rewarded the speaker according to his righteousness and the cleanness of his hands.
Hebrews 6:16For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.The link is slight: the psalm concerns God's assessment of conduct, while Hebrews concerns oaths used to settle disputes.
2 Thessalonians 1:6–7For it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,Both describe God's repayment in relation to human conduct, with the psalm naming righteousness and Thessalonians naming harm done to others.
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Encouragement

David describes God's reward after speaking of keeping God's commands. His confidence rests on God's assessment, and that matters when integrity goes unseen by others: God sees.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).