Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
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Bible References
Render
Psalm 7:4
if I have repaid my ally with harm or plundered my foe without cause,
Psalm 35:12
I am devastated because they pay me back with evil instead of good.
Psalm 109:3
They surround me with hateful words. They fight against me without reason.
1 Samuel 19:4
Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul. You should not commit a sin against your servant David, he said. He has not sinned against you. He has in fact done some very fine things for you.
1 Samuel 23:5
David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. They drove off their livestock, and overwhelmingly defeated them. So David rescued the people who lived in Keilah.
1 Samuel 25:16
They protected our sheep and us day and night the whole time we were with them.
Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before you to speak good on their behalf. I tried to turn away your wrath from them.
Because
Matthew 5:10
Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
John 10:32
Jesus replied to them: I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of those works do you stone me?
1 Peter 3:13
Who will harm you if you are eager to do good?
1 Peter 4:14
If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
1 John 3:12
We should not be like Cain who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he murder him? It was because his works were evil, and his brother's were righteous.
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Proverbs 17:13
Offer evil for good and evil will not depart from your house.