Psalms 38:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Those also who render evil for good are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.

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  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
  • 1 Sam 19:4-6 : 4 And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have been very good toward you: 5 For he put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel; you saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? 6 And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, As the LORD lives, he shall not be killed.
  • 1 Sam 23:5 : 5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and struck them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
  • 1 Sam 23:12 : 12 Then David said, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver you up.
  • 1 Sam 25:16 : 16 They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
  • 1 Sam 25:21 : 21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missing of all that belonged to him, and he has repaid me evil for good.
  • Ps 7:4 : 4 If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me; (yes, I have delivered him who without cause is my enemy:)
  • 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 are my adversaries, but I give myself to prayer. 5 They have repaid me evil for good and hatred for my love.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 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.
  • Matt 5:10 : 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  • 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?
  • 1 Pet 3:13 : 13 And who is he who will harm you if you are followers of what is good?
  • 1 Pet 3:17-18 : 17 For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit;
  • 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is spoken of as evil, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's matters. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.

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