Psalms 35:12

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They repay me evil for good, leaving my soul in grief.

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  • John 10:32 : 32 Jesus answered them, 'I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these works are you stoning me?'
  • Jer 18:20 : 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.
  • Ps 38:20 : 20 But my enemies are vigorous and strong, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
  • Ps 109:3-5 : 3 They surrounded me with words of hatred and fought against me without cause. 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.
  • Prov 17:13 : 13 If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from their house.
  • Luke 23:21-23 : 21 But they kept shouting, 'Crucify Him! Crucify Him!' 22 For the third time he asked them, 'Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no reason for a death sentence. Therefore, I will punish Him and release Him.' 23 But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
  • 1 Sam 19:4-5 : 4 Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul, his father, saying, "The king should not sin against his servant David. He has done no wrong to you; on the contrary, his actions have greatly benefited you. 5 He risked his life to kill the Philistine, and the LORD brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. So why would you sin by shedding innocent blood by killing David without cause?
  • 1 Sam 19:15 : 15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, 'Bring him to me in his bed so I can kill him.'
  • 1 Sam 20:31-33 : 31 As long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now send someone to bring him to me, for he must die!' 32 Jonathan responded to his father Saul and asked, 'Why should he be put to death? What has he done?' 33 But Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. Then Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
  • 1 Sam 22:13-14 : 13 Saul said to him, 'Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, giving him bread and a sword and inquiring of God for him, so that he has risen against me to lie in wait, as he does today?' 14 Ahimelech answered the king, 'Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king's son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and highly respected in your house?'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 109:3-5
    3 verses
    85%

    3They surrounded me with words of hatred and fought against me without cause.

    4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

    5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

  • Ps 109:20
    82%

    20Let this be the Lord's reward to my adversaries and to those who speak evil against me.

  • Jer 18:20
    80%

    20Should 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.

  • Ps 38:19-20
    2 verses
    79%

    19I confess my iniquity; I am anxious because of my sin.

    20But my enemies are vigorous and strong, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.

  • Ps 35:13
    77%

    13But when they were ill, I wore sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. My prayer returned to me unanswered.

  • Ps 35:15
    76%

    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; attackers I did not know came against me, ripping at me without ceasing.

  • Ps 35:4
    75%

    4Let those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; let those who devise harm against me retreat and be humiliated.

  • Ps 35:11
    74%

    11False witnesses rise up; they question me about things I do not know.

  • Ps 70:2
    74%

    2God, deliver me! LORD, hurry to help me!

  • Ps 7:4
    74%

    4O Lord, my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands,

  • Ps 54:5
    74%

    5For strangers have risen against me, and ruthless ones seek my life; they have not set God before them. Selah.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    74%

    5In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

    6All day long they twist my words; all their plans are against me for evil.

  • Ps 38:12
    73%

    12My loved ones and friends stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand far off.

  • Job 16:10-11
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    73%

    10They gape at me with their mouths; they strike my cheeks in scorn and together they conspire against me.

    11God has handed me over to the unjust and thrown me into the hands of the wicked.

  • Ps 35:7
    73%

    7For without cause, they hid a pit for me; without reason, they dug a trap to capture my life.

  • Prov 17:13
    73%

    13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from their house.

  • Ps 40:14
    73%

    14Be pleased, LORD, to deliver me; hurry, LORD, to help me.

  • Ps 35:26
    73%

    26Let those who rejoice at my distress be ashamed and disgraced together; let those who exalt themselves over me wear shame and dishonor.

  • Ps 55:3
    73%

    3Pay attention to me and answer me. My thoughts are restless, and I am distraught.

  • 1 Sam 25:21
    73%

    21David had just been saying, "It’s been for nothing that I guarded everything belonging to this man in the wilderness. Nothing was missing, yet he has repaid me evil for good.

  • Job 30:26
    73%

    26But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness came.

  • Ps 41:10
    72%

    10Even my close friend, someone I trusted, who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

  • Ps 71:10
    72%

    10For my enemies have spoken against me; those who watch my life conspire together.

  • Lam 1:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. Bring the day you have announced, so they may become like me.

    22Let all their wickedness come before you; deal with them as you have dealt with me because of all my sins. My groans are many, and my heart is faint.

  • Ps 55:12
    72%

    12Destruction is in its midst; oppression and deceit do not leave its streets.

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    29If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated when harm came to him—

  • Ps 71:13
    72%

    13May my accusers perish in shame; may they be covered with scorn and disgrace who seek to harm me.

  • Ps 129:3
    71%

    3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made their furrows long.

  • Job 30:13
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    13They tear up my path; they help advance my ruin, even though no one comes to assist them.

  • Ps 102:8
    71%

    8I lie awake; I am like a lonely bird on a housetop.

  • Lam 3:11
    71%

    11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

  • Ps 57:6
    71%

    6Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let Your glory be over all the earth.

  • Ps 35:24
    71%

    24Vindicate me according to Your righteousness, Lord my God, and do not let them rejoice over me.

  • Ps 54:3
    70%

    3God, save me by Your name, and vindicate me by Your power.

  • Lam 3:5
    70%

    5He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

  • 2 Sam 22:21
    70%

    21The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; he repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

  • Ps 35:19
    70%

    19Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me; do not let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously.

  • Ps 41:7
    70%

    7When one of them comes to visit, he speaks falsely, his heart gathers wickedness, and when he goes out, he tells it to others.

  • Ps 69:21
    70%

    21Reproach has broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none; for comforters, but I found no one.

  • 1 Sam 24:17
    70%

    17When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul asked, 'Is that your voice, my son David?' And Saul wept aloud.

  • Ps 41:5
    70%

    5I said, 'O LORD, have mercy on me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.'

  • Isa 3:9
    70%

    9The look on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom, they openly declare their sin; they do not try to conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

  • Ps 28:4
    70%

    4Give them according to what they have done, and according to the evil of their deeds; give them according to the work of their hands; repay them their due reward.

  • Ps 18:20
    70%

    20He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me.