Thematic Bible: Good for evil


Thematic Bible



If you see the ass of one who has no love for you bent down to the earth under the weight which is put on it, you are to come to its help, even against your desire. Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toResponsibility, For God's WorldAnimal RightsHeavy BurdensPeople HelpingLoving Your Enemies






But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you, Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toDuties To EnemiesHearing ChristDo Good!Love Your Neighbour!EnemiesForgiving Others Who Hurt You

Never will my hand be stretched out against the man marked with the holy oil; but take the spear which is by his head and the vessel of water, and let us go. Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And EvilThe Lord's AnointedFar Be It!

And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil. Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And Evil

And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest. Verse ConceptsIntercessionPraying LoudlyAttitudes, in prayerKneelingParticipation, In SinPeace, Believers Experience OfPrayer, For OthersSleep, And DeathIntercessory PrayerEnemies, Christian Response ToGod Forgive!Martyrdom


But he said in answer, You are not to put them to death; have you any right to put to death those whom you have not taken prisoner with your sword and your bow? put bread and water before them, so that they may have food and drink and go to their master. Verse ConceptsMercy, Examples OfGenerosity, HumanOpposition, To Sin And EvilWater

But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart. Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfClothHumilityPrayer, Practicalities OfCaring For The SickSick IndividualsHow To FastHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And Prayer


But Jesus, answering, said, Put up with this, at least. And touching his ear, he made it well. Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And EvilTouchPersonal ContactCessationStopping FightingTouching For HealingThose Jesus Healed

Then he gave a kiss to all his brothers, weeping over them; and after that his brothers had no fear of talking to him. Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingLove to Others, Examples OfConversation

And Moses, crying to the Lord, said, Let my prayer come before you, O God, and make her well. Verse ConceptsMoses, Significance OfOpposition, To Sin And EvilIntercessory PrayerPraying For SinnersRecovery

But he said in answer, You are not to put them to death; have you any right to put to death those whom you have not taken prisoner with your sword and your bow? put bread and water before them, so that they may have food and drink and go to their master. So he made ready a great feast for them, and when they had had food and drink, he sent them away and they went back to their master. And no more bands of Aramaeans came into the land of Israel.

Then Abimelech gave to Abraham sheep and oxen and men-servants and women-servants, and gave him back his wife Sarah. And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you. And he said to Sarah, See, I have given to your brother a thousand bits of silver so that your wrong may be put right; now your honour is clear in the eyes of all. read more.
Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children. For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul. But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart. My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.

And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil. Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And Evil


And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest. Verse ConceptsIntercessionPraying LoudlyAttitudes, in prayerKneelingParticipation, In SinPeace, Believers Experience OfPrayer, For OthersSleep, And DeathIntercessory PrayerEnemies, Christian Response ToGod Forgive!Martyrdom

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain