Psalms 38:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They rewarded me euill for good: to the great discomfort of my soule.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not as Cain, which was of that wicked, and slewe his brother: And wherfore slewe he hym? Because his owne workes were euyll, and his brothers good.
  • 1 Sam 19:4-6 : 4 And Ionathan spake good of Dauid vnto Saul his father, and sayde vnto him: Let not the king sinne against his seruaunt, against Dauid: for he hath not sinned against thee, and his workes haue ben to theewarde very good. 5 For 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? 6 And Saul hearkened vnto the voyce of Ionathan, and Saul sware, as the Lorde lyueth he shall not dye.
  • 1 Sam 23:5 : 5 And so Dauid and his men went to Keila, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattell, & smote them with a great slaughter, and so Dauid saued ye inhabitauntes of Keila.
  • 1 Sam 23:12 : 12 Then sayde Dauid: Will the lordes of Keila deliuer me and the men that are with me into the hand of Saul? And the Lorde sayde: They wil deliuer thee vp.
  • 1 Sam 25:16 : 16 They were a wall vnto vs both by night and day, all the while we were with them keping sheepe.
  • 1 Sam 25:21 : 21 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.
  • Ps 7:4 : 4 If 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?
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Matt 5:10 : 10 Blessed (are) they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen.
  • 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?
  • 1 Pet 3:13 : 13 Moreouer, who is it that wyll harme you, yf ye folowe that which is good?
  • 1 Pet 3:17-18 : 17 For it is better, yf the wyll of God be so, that ye suffer for wel doyng, then for euyll doyng. 18 Forasmuch as Christe hath once suffered for sinnes, the iust for the vniust to bryng vs to God, and was kylled as parteynyng to the fleshe, but was quickened in the spirite.
  • 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 Yf ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christe, happy are ye. For the spirite of glory and of God, resteth vpon you: On their part he is euyll spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 15 See that none of you be punished as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euyll doer, or as a busie body in other mens matters. 16 Yf any man suffer as a Christian man, let hym not be ashamed, but let him glorifie God on this behalfe.

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