Jeremiah 18:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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.

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  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without a cause they haue priuily layde for me a pit full of their nettes: without a cause they haue made a digyng vnto my soule.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 They haue prepared a net for my feete, that some man might presse downe my soule: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it them selues. Selah.
  • Ps 106:23 : 23 Wherfore he appointed to destroy them, had not Moyses his chosen stand in the breache before hym: to turne away his wrathful indignation, lest he should destroy them.
  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They rewarded me euill for good: to the great discomfort of my soule.
  • 1 Sam 24:17-19 : 17 And sayde to Dauid, Thou art more righteous then I: for thou hast rewarded me with good, where as I haue rewarded thee with euyll. 18 And 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. 19 For 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.
  • Ps 109:4-5 : 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.
  • Ps 119:95 : 95 When the vngodly layde wayte for me to destroy me: I endeuoured my selfe to vnderstande thy testimonies.
  • Prov 26:27 : 27 Who so diggeth vp a pit, shal fall therin: and he that rolleth vp a stone, it wyl returne vpon hym.
  • Eccl 10:8 : 8 But he that diggeth vp a pitte, shall fall therin hym selfe: and who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serpent shall byte hym.
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let the noyse be hearde out of their houses when thou bryngest the murtherer sodaynly vpon them: for they haue digged a pit to take me, and layde snares for my feete.
  • Ezek 22:30-31 : 30 And I sought among them for a man that woulde make vp the hedge, and set hym selfe in the gap before me in the landes behalfe, that I shoulde not destroy it: but I coulde fynde none. 31 Therfore haue I powred out my cruel displeasure vpon them, and consumed them in the fire of my wrath: their owne wayes wyll I recompence vpon their heades, saith the Lorde God.
  • Zech 3:1-2 : 1 And he shewed me Iosua the hie priest standing before the angell of the Lord, and Satan stoode at his right hande to resist him. 2 And the Lorde saide vnto Satan: The Lorde reproue thee thou Satan, yea the Lorde that hath chosen Hierusalem reproue thee: Is not this a brand taken out of the fire?
  • John 10:32 : 32 Iesus aunswered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my father: for which of the do ye stone me?
  • John 15:25 : 25 But this commeth to passe, that the worde myght be fulfylled, that is written in their lawe: They hated me without a cause.
  • Jer 7:16 : 16 Therfore thou shalt not pray for this people, thou shalt neither geue thankes nor bid prayer for them: make thou no intercession for them, for in no wise will I heare thee.
  • Jer 11:14 : 14 Therfore pray not thou for this people, byd neither prayse nor prayer for them: for though they crye vnto me in their trouble, yet wil I not heare them.
  • Jer 14:7-9 : 7 Doubtlesse our owne wickednesse doth rewarde vs: but Lorde do thou accordyng to thy name, though our transgression and sinnes be many, and agaynst thee haue we sinned. 8 For thou art the comfort and helpe of Israel in the tyme of trouble: Why wilt thou be as a straunger in the lande, and as one that goeth his iourney, and cometh in only to remayne for a night? 9 Why wylt thou make thy selfe a cowarde, and as it were a giaunt that yet may not helpe? But thou O Lorde art in the middest of vs, and thy name is called vpon of vs, forsake vs not. 10 Thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto his people, seyng they haue had such a lust to wander abrode, and haue not refrayned their feete: therfore the Lorde hath no pleasure in them, but he wyll nowe bring againe to remembraunce all their misdeedes, and punishe all their sinnes. 11 Yea euen thus sayde the Lorde vnto me: Thou shalt not pray to do this people good.
  • Jer 14:20-15:1 : 20 We knowledge (O Lorde) all our misdeedes, and the sinnes of our fathers: for we haue offended thee. 21 Cast vs not of (O Lord) for thy names sake, forget not thy louyng kindnesse, ouerthrowe not the throne of thine honour, breake not the couenaunt that thou hast made with vs. 22 Are there any among the gods of the gentiles that sende rayne, or geue the showres from heauen? Art not thou thy selfe our Lorde God? we wyll trust in thee, for thou doest all these thynges. 1 Thus spake the Lorde vnto me, Though Moyses and Samuel stoode before me, yet haue I no heart to this people: driue them away, that they may go out of my sight.
  • Prov 17:13 : 13 Who so rewardeth euill for good, euil shall not depart from his house.
  • Job 6:27 : 27 Ye fall vpon the fatherlesse, and digge a pit to ouerthrowe your owne frende.
  • Ps 7:15 : 15 He hath made a graue and digged it: but he hym selfe wyll fall into the pit whiche he hath made.
  • Ps 38:20 : 20 They also that rewarde euyl for good are agaynst me: because I folowe the thyng that is good.
  • Gen 18:22-32 : 22 And the men departed thence, & went to Sodomeward: but Abraham stoode yet before the Lorde. 23 And Abraham drewe neare, and said: Wylt thou also destroye the righteous with the wicked? 24 If there be fiftie ryghteous within the citie, wylt thou destroye and not spare the place for the sake of fiftie ryghteous that are therein? 25 That be farre from thee that thou shouldest do after this maner, and slaye the ryghteous with the wicked, & that the ryghteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordyng to ryght? 26 And the Lorde sayde: If I fynde in Sodome fiftie ryghteous within the citie, I wyll spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham aunsweryng, sayde: beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto the Lorde, whiche am but dust and asshes. 28 If there shall lacke fiue of fiftie ryghteous, wylt thou destroy all the citie for lacke of fiue? And he saide: If I fynde there fourtie and fiue I wyl not destroy them. 29 And he proceaded to speake vnto hym agayne, and sayde: What yf there shall be fourtie founde there? He aunswered: I wyll not do it for fourties sake. 30 He sayde vnto hym agayne: O let not my lord be angry that I speake: What yf there shall thirtie be founde there? And he sayde: I wyll do nothyng yf I fynde thirtie there. 31 He sayde agayne: O see I haue taken vppon me to speake nowe also vnto my Lord: What if there shalbe twentie founde there? He aunswered, I wyll not destroy them for twenties sake. 32 And he sayde: O let not my Lorde be angry, and I wyll speake yet but this once: What if ten shalbe found there? He aunswered, I wil not destroy them for tennes sake.

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  • Ps 35:12
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    12They rewarded me euill for good: to the great discomfort of my soule.

  • Ps 109:20-21
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    20Let this rewarde be from God vnto myne aduersaries: and vnto those that speake euill against my soule.

    21But thou O God my Lorde, do vnto me according vnto thy name: for sweete is thy mercy.

  • Jer 18:21-23
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    21Therfore, let their children dye of hunger, and let them be oppressed with the sworde: Let their wiues be robbed of their children, and become widowes, let their husbandes be slayne, let their young men be kylled with the sworde in the fielde.

    22Let the noyse be hearde out of their houses when thou bryngest the murtherer sodaynly vpon them: for they haue digged a pit to take me, and layde snares for my feete.

    23Yet Lorde thou knowest all their counsayle, that they haue deuised to slay me, forgeue not their wickednesse, and let not their sinnes be put out of thy sight, but let them be iudged before thee as giltie: this do thou vnto them in the tyme of thine indignation.

  • Ps 38:20
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    20They also that rewarde euyl for good are agaynst me: because I folowe the thyng that is good.

  • Ps 109:5
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    5Thus haue they rewarded me euyll for good: and hatred for my good wyll.

  • Jer 18:19
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    19Consider me O Lorde, and heare the voyce of mine enemies.

  • Jer 11:20
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    20Therfore I wyll beseche thee nowe (O Lorde of hoastes) thou righteous iudge, thou that tryest the raynes and the heartes, let me see thee auenged of them: for vnto thee haue I committed my cause.

  • Ps 35:7
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    7For without a cause they haue priuily layde for me a pit full of their nettes: without a cause they haue made a digyng vnto my soule.

  • Ps 7:4
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    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?

  • 1 Sam 25:21
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    21And 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.

  • Jer 20:12
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    12And nowe O Lorde of hoastes that triest the righteous, which knowest the raynes and the very heartes, let me see them punished: for vnto thee I haue declared my cause.

  • Ps 41:10
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    10But be thou mercifull vnto me O God: rayse me vp agayne, and I shall rewarde them.

  • Ps 57:6
    73%

    6They haue prepared a net for my feete, that some man might presse downe my soule: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it them selues. Selah.

  • Lam 1:22
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    22Let all their wickednesse come before thee, and do thou to them as thou hast done vnto me for all my trespasses: for my sorowe is very great, and my heart is heauy.

  • Ps 40:14
    73%

    14Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seke after my soule to destroy it: let them be dryuen backwarde & be put to rebuke that wyshe me euyll.

  • Ps 55:3
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    3Deliuer me from the voyce of the enemie, and from the present affliction of the wicked: for they are minded to do me mischiefe, and are set malitiously against me.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Take me not away with the vngodlye, and with the workers of iniquitie: whiche speake of peace to their neighbours, but mischiefe is in their heartes.

  • Ps 140:10
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    10Let hotte coales be burnyng vpon them: he wyll cast them downe into the fire into deepe pittes, that they may neuer rise vp agayne.

  • Prov 17:13
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    13Who so rewardeth euill for good, euil shall not depart from his house.

  • Ps 71:10
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    10For myne enemies speake against me: and they that lay awayte for my soule take their counsayle together.

  • Ps 59:3
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    3For lo, they lye in wayte for my soule: men of power are gathered together against me who haue committed no wickednes nor fault O God.

  • Ps 56:5-7
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    72%

    5My wordes dayly put me to sorow: all that they do imagine, is to do me euill.

    6They flocke together, they kepe them selues close: they marke my steppes, that they may lye in wayte for my soule.

    7Shall they escape for their wickednes? O Lorde in thy displeasure cast downe headlong this people.

  • Ps 70:2
    72%

    2Let them be ashamed and confounded that seke after my soule: let them be turned backwarde and be put to confusion that wishe me euyll.

  • Job 16:10-11
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    72%

    10They haue opened their mouthes wide vpon me, and smitten me vpon the cheeke dispitefully, they gather the selues together against me.

    11God hath shut me vp with the vngodly, and deliuered me into the handes of the wicked.

  • Ps 94:16
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    16Who will ryse vp with me agaynst the malicious? or who wyll take my part agaynst workers of wickednesse?

  • Jer 17:18
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    18Let my persecutours be confounded, but not me: let them be afrayde, and not me: Thou shalt bryng vpon them the tyme of plague, and shalt destroy them right sore.

  • Ps 21:11
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    11For they intended mischiefe agaynst thee, and imagined a craftie deuice: but they coulde not bring it to passe.

  • Jer 18:10
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    10If the same people do euyll before me and heare not my voyce, I repent of the good that I haue deuised for them.

  • 2 Sam 16:12
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    12It may be that the Lorde will loke on myne affliction, and do me good for his cursing this day.

  • Ps 35:19
    72%

    19O let not my deceiptfull enemies triumph ouer me: let them not winke with an eye, that hate me without a cause.

  • Jer 20:10
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    10Ueryly I hearde the euyll reportes of many, terrour was on euery side of me: complayne vpon hym say they, and we wyll tell his tale: Yea all myne owne companions, and suche as were conuersaunt with me, lay in wayte for my halting, saying: peraduenture he wylbe deceaued, and so shall we preuayle against hym, and be auenged of hym.

  • Ps 25:19
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    19Consider myne enemies, for they do multiplie: and they beare a tirannous hate against me.

  • Jer 15:15
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    15O Lorde thou knowest, therfore remember me, and visite me, reuenge me of my persecutours: take me not from this life in the tyme of thine anger, thou knowest that for thy sake I suffer rebuke.

  • Ps 54:5
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    5He wyll rewarde euyll vnto mine enemies: destroy thou them according to thy trueth.

  • Jer 12:1
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    1O Lorde thou art more righteous, then that I shoulde dispute with thee: neuerthelesse, let me talke with thee in thynges reasonable. Howe happeneth it that the way of the vngodly is so prosperous? and that it goeth so well with them which without any shame offend and liue in wickednesse,

  • Ps 35:4
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    4Let them be confounded and put to shame that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe and brought to cofusion, that imagine mischiefe for me.

  • Ps 69:22
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    22Let their table be as a snare before them: and in steade of aboundaunce of peace, let it be a meanes of destruction.

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    5Myne enemies speake euyl of me: when shall he dye, and his name perishe?

  • Job 31:29
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    29Haue I euer reioyced at the hurt of myne enemie? or was I euer glad that any harme happened vnto him? Oh, no.

  • 2 Chr 20:11
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    11See howe they rewarde vs, to come for to cast vs out of thy possession whiche thou hast geuen vs to inherite.

  • Ps 38:12
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    12They also that sought after my lyfe layde snares for me: and they that went about to do me euyll, talked of wickednesse, and imagined deceipt all the day long.

  • Ps 94:21
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    21They flocke together agaynst the soule of the ryghteous: and condemne the innocent blood.

  • Isa 38:17
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    17Beholde, bitter as gall was my pensiuenesse, so sore longed I for health, and it was thy pleasure to deliuer my lyfe from the filthy pit: for thou it is O Lorde that hast cast all my sinnes behynde thy backe.

  • Ps 109:15
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    15Let them be alway before God: that he may roote out the memorial of them from the earth.