Verse 21

And David said, `Only, in vain I have kept all that this `one' hath in the wilderness, and nothing hath been looked after of all that he hath, and he turneth back to me evil for good;

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:13 : 13 Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.
  • Rom 12:21 : 21 Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.
  • Eph 4:26 : 26 be angry and do not sin; 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 no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;
  • 1 Pet 2:20-23 : 20 for what renown `is it', if sinning and being buffeted, ye do endure `it'? but if, doing good and suffering `for it', ye do endure, this `is' gracious with God, 21 for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps, 22 who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth, 23 who being reviled -- was not reviling again, suffering -- was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;
  • 1 Pet 3:17 : 17 for `it is' better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;
  • Gen 44:4 : 4 they have gone out of the city -- they have not gone far off -- and Joseph hath said to him who `is' over his house, `Rise, pursue after the men; and thou hast overtaken them, and thou hast said unto them, Why have ye recompensed evil for good?
  • 1 Sam 25:13 : 13 And David saith to his men, `Gird ye on each his sword;' and they gird on each his sword, and David also girdeth on his sword, and there go up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred have remained by the vessels.
  • Job 30:8 : 8 Sons of folly -- even sons without name, They have been smitten from the land.
  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,
  • Ps 37:8 : 8 Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.
  • Ps 38:20 : 20 And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.
  • Ps 109:3-5 : 3 They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause. 4 For my love they oppose me, and I -- prayer! 5 And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.