Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

Evil

1 Samuel 24:17
and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have done what is good to me though I have done what is evil to you.
Psalm 35:12
They repay me evil for good,
making me desolate.
Psalm 38:20
Those who repay evil for good
attack me for pursuing good.
Psalm 109:4
In return for my love they accuse me,
but I continue to pray.
Proverbs 17:13
If anyone returns evil for good,
evil will never depart from his house.
John 10:32
Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. Which of these works are you stoning Me for?”
John 15:25
But this happened so that the statement written in their scripture might be fulfilled: They hated Me for no reason.

Digged

Jeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses
when You suddenly bring raiders against them,
for they have dug a pit to capture me
and have hidden snares for my feet.
Job 6:27
No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child
and negotiate a price to sell your friend.
Psalm 7:15
He dug a pit and hollowed it out
but fell into the hole he had made.
Psalm 35:7
They hid their net for me without cause;
they dug a pit for me without cause.
Psalm 57:6
They prepared a net for my steps;
I was despondent.
They dug a pit ahead of me,
but they fell into it!Selah
Psalm 119:95
The wicked hope to destroy me,
but I contemplate Your decrees.
Proverbs 26:27
The one who digs a pit will fall into it,
and whoever rolls a stone—
it will come back on him.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
The one who digs a pit may fall into it,
and the one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Remember

Jeremiah 7:16
“As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not offer a cry or a prayer on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.
Jeremiah 11:14
“As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me at the time of their disaster.
Jeremiah 14:7
Though our guilt testifies against us,
Yahweh, act for Your name’s sake.
Indeed, our rebellions are many;
we have sinned against You.
Jeremiah 15:1
Then the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My compassions would not reach out to these people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
Genesis 18:22
The men turned from there and went toward Sodom while Abraham remained standing before the Lord.
Psalm 106:23
So He said He would have destroyed them—
if Moses His chosen one
had not stood before Him in the breach
to turn His wrath away from destroying them.
Ezekiel 22:30
I searched for a man among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it, but I found no one.
Zechariah 3:1
Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right side to accuse him.

General references

Exodus 21:33
“When a man uncovers a pit or digs a pit, and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
Proverbs 17:13
If anyone returns evil for good,
evil will never depart from his house.

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