Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
Bible References
Because
Matthew 5:10
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of goodness! the Realm of heaven is theirs.
John 10:32
Jesus replied, "I have let you see many a good deed of God; for which of them do you mean to stone me?"
1 Peter 3:13
Yet who will wrong you if you have a passion for goodness?
1 Peter 4:14
If you are denounced for the sake of Christ, you are blessed; for then the Spirit of glory and power, the Spirit of God himself, is resting on you.
1 John 3:12
we are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the evil One and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's just.