Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
General references
Bible References
Render
Psalm 7:4
if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me, (yea, I have delivered him without cause who was my adversary),
Psalm 35:12
They reward me evil for good, [to] the bereaving of my soul.
Psalm 109:3
They have also encompassed me about with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
1 Samuel 19:4
And Jonathan spoke good 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 thee, and because his works have been very good toward thee.
1 Samuel 23:5
And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
1 Samuel 25:16
They were a wall to us both by night and by day all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
Because
Matthew 5:10
Blessed are those who have been persecuted because of righteousness, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.
John 10:32
Jesus answered them, I have shown you many good works from my Father. Because of them, which work do ye stone me?
1 Peter 3:13
And who is he who will harm you, if ye become imitators of the good?
1 Peter 4:14
Blessed are ye if ye are reviled for the name of Christ, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. From them he is indeed blasphemed, but from you he is glorified.
1 John 3:12
Not as Cain. He was of the wicked, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were wrong, and his brother's right.
General references
Proverbs 17:13
He who rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.