Verse 21

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this [fellow] hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that [pertained] unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:13 : 13 ¶ Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, [and] to turn away thy wrath from them.
  • Rom 12:21 : 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
  • Eph 4:26 : 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
  • Eph 4:31 : 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that none render evil for evil unto any [man]; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all [men].
  • 1 Pet 2:20-23 : 20 For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God. 21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
  • 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 For [it is] better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
  • Gen 44:4 : 4 [And] when they were gone out of the city, [and] not [yet] far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
  • 1 Sam 25:13 : 13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
  • Job 30:8 : 8 [They were] children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul.
  • Ps 37:8 : 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
  • Ps 38:20 : 20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].
  • Ps 109:3-5 : 3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I [give myself unto] prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.