Psalms 35:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 10:32 : 32 Jesus said to them in answer, I have let you see a number of good works from the Father; for which of those works are you stoning me?
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.
  • Ps 38:20 : 20 They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.
  • Ps 109:3-5 : 3 Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause. 4 For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer. 5 They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.
  • Prov 17:13 : 13 If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.
  • Luke 23:21-23 : 21 But crying out they said, To the cross with him! 22 And he said to them a third time, Why, what evil has he done? I see no reason for putting him to death: I will give him punishment and let him go. 23 But they went on crying out loudly, Let him be put to death on the cross. And they had their way.
  • 1 Sam 19:4-5 : 4 And Jonathan gave his father Saul a good account of David, and said to him, Let not the king do wrong against his servant, against David; because he has done you no wrong, and all his acts have had a good outcome for you: 5 For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?
  • 1 Sam 19:15 : 15 And Saul sent his men to see David, saying, Do not come back without him, take him in his bed, so that I may put him to death.
  • 1 Sam 20:31-33 : 31 For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death. 32 And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done? 33 And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was to put David to death.
  • 1 Sam 22:13-14 : 13 And Saul said to him, Why have you made designs against me with the son of Jesse, giving him food and a sword and getting directions from the Lord for him, and helping him to take up arms against me, and to be on the watch to make a secret attack on me as he is doing now? 14 Then Ahimelech answering said to the king, Who among all your servants is so true to you as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is a captain of your armed men, and has a place of honour in your house?

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    3 Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.

    4 For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.

    5 They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.

  • Ps 109:20
    82%

    20 Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.

  • Jer 18:20
    80%

    20 Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.

  • Ps 38:19-20
    2 verses
    79%

    19 But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.

    20 They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.

  • Ps 35:13
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    13 But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.

  • Ps 35:15
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    15 But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.

  • Ps 35:4
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    4 Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

  • Ps 35:11
    74%

    11 False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.

  • Ps 70:2
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    2 Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.

  • Ps 7:4
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    4 If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

  • Ps 54:5
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    5 Let the evil works of my haters come back on them again; let them be cut off by your good faith.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    74%

    5 Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6 They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

  • Ps 38:12
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    12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.

  • Job 16:10-11
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    10 Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.

    11 God gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers.

  • Ps 35:7
    73%

    7 For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.

  • Prov 17:13
    73%

    13 If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.

  • Ps 40:14
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    14 Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

  • Ps 35:26
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    26 Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

  • Ps 55:3
    73%

    3 I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

  • 1 Sam 25:21
    73%

    21 Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.

  • Job 30:26
    73%

    26 For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.

  • Ps 41:10
    72%

    10 But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, lifting me up, so that I may give them their punishment.

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    10 For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

  • Lam 1:21-22
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    21 Give ear to the voice of my grief; I have no comforter; all my haters have news of my troubles, they are glad because you have done it: let the day of fate come when they will be like me.

    22 Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.

  • Ps 55:12
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    12 For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

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    72%

    29 If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

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    72%

    13 Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.

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    3 The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

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    13 They have made waste my roads, with a view to my destruction; his bowmen come round about me;

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    8 My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse.

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    11 By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.

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    6 They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

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    24 Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.

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    3 For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)

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    5 He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.

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    21 The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

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    70%

    19 Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

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    5 My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?

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    9 Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

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    4 Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

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    20 The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.