Jeremiah 18:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Shall evil be repaid for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them.

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  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my soul.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me; into the midst of it they have fallen themselves. Selah.
  • Ps 106:23 : 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
  • 1 Sam 24:17-19 : 17 And he said to David, You are more righteous than I: for you have rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded you evil. 18 And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me: for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me. 19 For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safely? Therefore the LORD reward you good for that which you have done unto me this day.
  • Ps 109:4-5 : 4 In return for my love they are my adversaries, but I give myself to prayer. 5 They have repaid me evil for good and hatred for my love.
  • Ps 119:95 : 95 The wicked wait for me to destroy me, but I will consider Your testimonies.
  • Prov 26:27 : 27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.
  • Eccl 10:8 : 8 He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hidden snares for my feet.
  • Ezek 22:30-31 : 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. 31 Therefore have I poured out My indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, says the Lord GOD.
  • Zech 3:1-2 : 1 And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him. 2 And the LORD said to Satan, The LORD rebuke you, O Satan; indeed, the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you: is this not a brand plucked from the fire?
  • John 10:32 : 32 Jesus answered them, Many good works I have shown you from my Father; for which of these works do you stone me?
  • John 15:25 : 25 But this happens so that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
  • Jer 7:16 : 16 Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to me: for I will not hear you.
  • Jer 11:14 : 14 Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me for their trouble.
  • Jer 14:7-9 : 7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, act for Your name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You. 8 O Hope of Israel, its Savior in time of trouble, why should You be as a stranger in the land, and as a traveler who turns aside to stay for a night? 9 Why should You be as a man astonished, as a mighty man who cannot save? Yet You, O LORD, are in the midst of us, and we are called by Your name; do not leave us. 10 Thus says the LORD to this people, 'Thus they have loved to wander, they have not restrained their feet; therefore the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish their sins.' 11 Then the LORD said to me, 'Do not pray for the good of this people.'
  • Jer 14:20-15:1 : 20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You. 21 Do not abhor us, for Your name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of Your glory; remember, do not break Your covenant with us. 22 Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait upon You, for You have made all these things. 1 Then the LORD said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
  • Prov 17:13 : 13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
  • Job 6:27 : 27 Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend.
  • Ps 7:15 : 15 He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made.
  • Ps 38:20 : 20 Those also who render evil for good are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.
  • Gen 18:22-32 : 22 And the men turned their faces from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. 23 And Abraham drew near and said, Will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are within it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes. 28 Suppose there should lack five of the fifty righteous; will you destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it. 29 And he spoke to him yet again and said, Suppose there should be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the sake of forty. 30 And he said to him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak; suppose thirty should be found there. And he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty should be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty. 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but this once; suppose ten should be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.

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    12They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

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    20Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of those who speak evil against my soul.

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    22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hidden snares for my feet.

    23Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight, but let them be overthrown before you; deal thus with them in the time of your anger.

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    77%

    5They have repaid me evil for good and hatred for my love.

  • Jer 18:19
    76%

    19Give heed to me, O LORD, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.

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    20But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have presented my case to you.

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    7For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my soul.

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    6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me; into the midst of it they have fallen themselves. Selah.

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    19Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred.

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