1 Samuel 25:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And Dauid saide: Surelie in vayne haue I kept all that this felow hath in the wildernes, so that nothing was missed of all that pertayned vnto him: and he hath quite me euill for good.

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  • Prov 17:13 : 13 Who so rewardeth euill for good, euil shall not depart from his house.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Shall they recompence euyll for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: Remember howe that I stoode before thee to speake good for them, and to turne away thy wrath from them.
  • Rom 12:21 : 21 Be not ouercome of euyll, but ouercome euyll with good.
  • Eph 4:26 : 26 Be ye angry, and sinne not, let not the sunne go downe vpon your wrath,
  • Eph 4:31 : 31 Let all bytternesse, and fiercenesse, & wrath, and crying, and euyll speakyng, be put away from you, with all maliciousnesse.
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man: but euer folowe that whiche is good, both among your selues, and to all men.
  • 1 Pet 2:20-23 : 20 For what prayse is it, yf when ye be buffeted for your faultes, ye take it paciently? But yf when ye do well ye suffer wrong, & take it paciently, then is there thanke with God. 21 For herevnto veryly were ye called, for Christe also suffered for vs, leauyng vs an ensample, that ye should folowe his steppes. 22 Which did no sinne, neyther was there guyle founde in his mouth. 23 Whiche when he was reuiled, reuiled not agayne: when he suffred, he threatned not, but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously.
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Not rendryng euyl for euyll, or rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywyse blesse, knowyng that ye are therevnto called, euen that ye shoulde be heyres of the blessyng.
  • 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 For it is better, yf the wyll of God be so, that ye suffer for wel doyng, then for euyll doyng.
  • Gen 44:4 : 4 And when they were out of the citie, and not yet farre away, Ioseph sayde vnto the ruler of his house: vp, and folowe after the men, & when thou doest ouertake them, thou shalt say vnto them: wherfore haue ye rewarded euyl for good?
  • 1 Sam 25:13 : 13 And Dauid sayd vnto his men: Girde euery man his sword about him. And they girded euery man his sword about him, and Dauid was girded with his sword: And there folowed Dauid vpon a foure hundred men, and two hundred abode by the stuffe.
  • Job 30:8 : 8 They were the children of fooles and vyllaynes, which are more vile then the earth.
  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They rewarded me euill for good: to the great discomfort of my soule.
  • Ps 37:8 : 8 Leaue of from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not thy selfe, lest thou be moued to do euill.
  • Ps 38:20 : 20 They also that rewarde euyl for good are agaynst me: because I folowe the thyng that is good.
  • Ps 109:3-5 : 3 And they haue compassed me about with hatefull wordes: and fought against me without a cause. 4 For the loue that I bare vnto them, they are become mine aduersaries: but I geue my selfe vnto prayer. 5 Thus haue they rewarded me euyll for good: and hatred for my good wyll.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 25:22
    81%

    22So and more also do God vnto the enemies of Dauid, if I leaue of all that pertayne to him by the dawnyng of the day, any that pysseth against the wall.

  • 1 Sam 24:17-19
    3 verses
    80%

    17And sayde to Dauid, Thou art more righteous then I: for thou hast rewarded me with good, where as I haue rewarded thee with euyll.

    18And thou hast shewed this day, howe that thou hast dealt wel with me: forasmuch as when the Lorde had closed me in thyne handes, thou killedst me not.

    19For who shall finde his enemie, and let him depart into a good way? Wherfore the Lord reward thee with good, for that thou hast done vnto me this day.

  • 1 Sam 25:30-35
    6 verses
    78%

    30And when the Lorde shall haue done to my lord al the good that he hath promysed thee, and shall haue made thee ruler ouer Israel:

    31Then shall it be no griefe vnto thee, nor offence of mynde vnto my lorde, that thou hast not shed blood causelesse, and that my lord hath not auenged him selfe: But when the Lorde shall haue dealt well with my lord, then thinke on thyne handmayde.

    32And Dauid said to Abigail: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meete me.

    33Blessed is thy saying, and blessed art thou which hast kept me this day from comming to shed blood, & from auengeing my selfe with myne owne hande.

    34For in very deede, as the Lorde God of Israel lyueth, which hath kept me backe from hurting thee: except thou haddest hasted and met me, surely there hadde not ben left vnto Nabal by the dawnyng of the day, any that pysseth against the wall.

    35And so Dauid receaued of her hande that which she had brought him, and sayde vnto her: Go vp in peace to thyne house, beholde I haue heard thy voyce, and haue graunted thy petition.

  • 2 Sam 16:12
    75%

    12It may be that the Lorde will loke on myne affliction, and do me good for his cursing this day.

  • 1 Sam 30:19-23
    5 verses
    75%

    19So that there was nothing lacking to them, small or great, sonne or daughter, or of the spoyle of all that they had taken away, Dauid recouered them all.

    20And Dauid tooke all the sheepe, and the oxen, and they draue them before his cattaile, and saide: This is Dauids pray.

    21And Dauid came to the two hundred men, that were to weery for to folowe Dauid, whom they had made also to abyde at the ryuer Befor: And they came to meete Dauid & the people that were with him: And when Dauid came to the people, he saluted them.

    22Then aunswered all the wicked and the vnthryftes of the men that went with Dauid, and saide: Because they went not with vs, therfore wil we geue them none of the pray that we haue recouered: But let euery man take his wife and his children, those let them carry away and departe.

    23Then sayd Dauid: Ye shall not do so my brethren with that which the Lord hath geuen vs, who hath preserued vs, and delyuered the company that came against vs, into our handes.

  • 1 Sam 25:20
    75%

    20And as she rode on her asse, she came priuylie downe the syde of the hill, and behold Dauid and his men came downe against her, and she met them.

  • Ps 7:4
    75%

    4If I haue done euyll vnto hym that had peace with me: and if I haue not deliuered hym that is without a cause myne aduersarie?

  • Jer 18:20
    74%

    20Shall they recompence euyll for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: Remember howe that I stoode before thee to speake good for them, and to turne away thy wrath from them.

  • 1 Sam 25:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11Shal I then take my bread, my water, and my fleshe that I haue killed for my shearers, and geue it vnto men whom I wot not whence they be?

    12And so Dauids seruauntes turned their way, and went againe, and came and tolde him all those sayinges.

  • 1 Sam 25:39
    74%

    39And when Dauid heard that Nabal was dead, he sayd: Blessed be the Lord that hath iudged ye cause of my rebuke of the hand of Nabal, & hath kept his seruaunt from euill: For the Lord hath recompenced the wickednes of Nabal vpon his owne head. And Dauid sent to commune with Abigail, to take her to his wyfe.

  • 1 Sam 25:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14But one of the laddes tolde Abigail Nabals wyfe, saying: Beholde, Dauid sent messengers vnto our maister out of the wildernesse to salute him: and he rayled on them.

    15And yet the men were very good vnto vs, and dyd vs no displeasure, neither missed we any thyng as long as we were conuersaunt with them when we were in the fieldes.

  • 1 Sam 26:18
    74%

    18And he sayde: Wherefore doth my lorde thus persecute his seruaunt? for what haue I done? or what euyll is in myne hand?

  • 1 Sam 17:29
    73%

    29And Dauid sayde: And what haue I nowe done? is there not a cause?

  • 2 Sam 12:6
    73%

    6He shal restore the lambe foure folde, because he did this thyng and had no pitie.

  • 1 Sam 27:9
    73%

    9And Dauid smote the lande, & left neither man nor woman alyue, and droue away the sheepe, the oxen, the asses, camelles, and clothes, and returned, and came to Achis.

  • 1 Sam 25:4
    73%

    4And Dauid hearde in the wildernesse, that Nabal did sheare his sheepe.

  • 1 Sam 24:9
    73%

    9And Dauid sayde to Saul: Wherfore geuest thou an eare to mens wordes that say, beholde Dauid seketh euyll against thee?

  • Ps 35:12
    73%

    12They rewarded me euill for good: to the great discomfort of my soule.

  • 1 Sam 25:7-9
    3 verses
    73%

    7Beholde I haue hearde say that thou hast shearers: Nowe, thy shepheardes were with vs, & we did them no spite, neither was there ought missing vnto them al the while they were in Carmel:

    8Aske thy laddes, & they will shew thee: Wherfore let these young men finde fauour in thyne eyes (for we come in a good season) & geue I pray thee whatsoeuer commeth to thyne hande vnto thy seruauntes, and to thy sonne Dauid.

    9And when Dauids young men came, they told Nabal all those wordes in the name of Dauid: and helde their peace.

  • 1 Sam 26:23
    73%

    23The Lorde rewarde euery man according to his righteousnes, and faythfulnesse: For the Lorde deliuered thee into my hand this day, but I would not lay mine hand vpon the Lordes annoynted.

  • 2 Sam 4:10
    72%

    10When one tolde me & sayde that Saul was dead (thynking to haue brought good tydinges) I caught him, and slue him in Ziklag: whiche thought that I woulde haue geuen him a rewarde for his tydinges bringing:

  • 1 Sam 25:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26Now therefore my lorde, as the Lord lyueth, and as thy soule liueth, euen the Lorde that hath withholden thee from comming to shed blood, and saued thee thyne hand: So nowe, I pray God that thyne enemies, & they that intende to do my lorde euyll, may be as Nabal.

    27And now this blessing which thyne handmayd hath brought vnto my lord, let it be geuen vnto the young men that folowe my lorde.

  • Ps 109:5
    72%

    5Thus haue they rewarded me euyll for good: and hatred for my good wyll.

  • 1 Sam 25:17
    72%

    17Now therefore take heede, & see what thou shalt do: for surelie euyll will come vpon our maister and al his housholde, for he is so wicked, that a man can not speake to him.

  • 1 Chr 12:17
    72%

    17And Dauid went out to meete them, and aunswered, and sayd vnto them: If ye be come peaceably vnto me, to helpe me, myne heart shalbe knit vnto you: but and if you come to betraye me to myne aduersaries, seeing there is no wickednes in myne handes, the God of our fathers loke thereon and rebuke it.

  • 1 Sam 29:8
    72%

    8And Dauid sayde vnto Achis: And what haue I done? what hast thou founde in thy seruaunt as long as I haue ben with thee vnto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lorde the king?

  • 2 Sam 22:21
    72%

    21The Lorde rewarded me according to my righteousnesse: accordyng to the purenes of my hands he recompensed me.

  • 1 Sam 27:11
    72%

    11And Dauid saued neither man nor woman alyue to bring to Gath, saying: lest they should tell on vs, saying, so dyd Dauid, and so will be his maner all the whyle he dwelleth in the countrey of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 23:10
    72%

    10Then sayde Dauid: O Lorde God of Israel, thy seruaunt hath hearde that Saul is about to come to Keila to destroye the citie for my sake:

  • 1 Sam 24:11
    72%

    11And moreouer my father, beholde and see yet the lap of thy garment in my hand: Inasmuch as I killed thee not when I cut of the lap of thy garment, vnderstand therfore, & see that there is neither euyll nor wickednesse in me, and that I haue not sinned against thee: And yet thou huntest after my soule to take it.

  • 1 Sam 19:5
    72%

    5For he dyd put his life in his hande, and slue the Philistine, and the Lorde brought to passe a great health for all Israel: Thou sawest it, and thou reioycedst: Wherfore then wilt thou sinne against innocent blood, and slay Dauid without a cause?

  • Ps 109:20
    72%

    20Let this rewarde be from God vnto myne aduersaries: and vnto those that speake euill against my soule.

  • 1 Sam 26:21
    71%

    21Then saide Saul, I haue sinned: Come agayne my sonne Dauid, for I will do thee no more harme, because my soule was precious in thyne eyes this day: Beholde, I haue played the foole, and haue erred exceedinly.

  • 2 Sam 19:27
    71%

    27And he hath accused thy seruaunt vnto my lorde the king, and my lorde the king is as an angell of God: do therfore what seemeth good in thine eyes.