Verse 13

If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from their house.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They repay me evil for good, leaving my soul in grief.
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Do not repay evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the contrary, give a blessing, because to this you were called, so that you may inherit a blessing.
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul asked, 'Is that your voice, my son David?' And Saul wept aloud.
  • 1 Sam 31:2-3 : 2 The Philistines closely pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua, Saul's sons. 3 The battle grew fierce against Saul. The archers found him, and he was badly wounded by them.
  • 2 Sam 12:10 : 10 Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.'
  • 2 Sam 21:1-9 : 1 During the days of David, there was a famine for three years, year after year. David sought the presence of the Lord, and the Lord said, "It concerns Saul and his house, who are guilty of bloodshed, for he killed the Gibeonites." 2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had sworn an oath to them, but Saul had tried to kill them in his zeal for Israel and Judah.) 3 David asked the Gibeonites, "What can I do for you? How can I make atonement so that you may bless the Lord’s inheritance?" 4 The Gibeonites answered him, "We have no right to demand silver or gold from Saul or his family, nor do we have the right to put anyone in Israel to death." David asked, "What do you want me to do for you?" 5 They replied to the king, "The man who destroyed us and planned to exterminate us so that we would have no place anywhere in Israel— 6 let seven of his male descendants be handed over to us to be executed before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, the Lord’s chosen one." The king said, "I will give them to you." 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath taken between David and Jonathan, son of Saul. 8 The king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul, together with the five sons of Michal daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite. 9 He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who executed them on the hill before the Lord. All seven of them fell together; they were put to death during the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest. 10 Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain poured down from the heavens on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the sky to rest on them by day or the wild animals by night. 11 When David was told what Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, Saul’s concubine, had done, 12 he went and retrieved the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had stolen their bodies from the public square of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.) 13 David brought up the bones of Saul and Jonathan, his son, from there, and they also gathered the bones of those who had been executed. 14 They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin at Zela, in the tomb of Saul's father Kish. They did everything the king commanded. After that, God responded to the prayers for the land.
  • Ps 38:20 : 20 But my enemies are vigorous and strong, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
  • Ps 55:12-15 : 12 Destruction is in its midst; oppression and deceit do not leave its streets. 13 For it is not an enemy who insults me—then I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who has exalted himself against me—then I could hide from him. 14 But it is you, a man like me, my companion and my close friend. 15 We used to share close communion together; we walked with the crowd in the house of God.
  • Ps 109:4-9 : 4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. 5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 6 Appoint a wicked person over him, and let an accuser stand at his right hand. 7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few; let another take his office. 9 May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 May his children wander and beg, seeking food far from their ruined homes. 11 May a creditor seize all he owns, and may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. 12 Let there be no one to show him kindness, and no one to be gracious to his fatherless children. 13 May his descendants be cut off, and may their name be wiped out in the next generation.
  • Jer 18:20-21 : 20 Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak on their behalf, to turn Your wrath away from them. 21 So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.
  • Matt 27:5 : 5 Then, throwing the silver pieces into the temple, he left. He went and hanged himself.
  • Matt 27:25 : 25 And all the people answered, 'His blood be on us and on our children!'
  • Rom 12:17 : 17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good, both for one another and for everyone.