Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible




They repay me evil for good,
making me desolate.
Verse ConceptsIngratitudeRepaying Evil For Good



If anyone returns evil for good,
evil will never depart from his house.
Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstHousesIngratitudeRepaying Evil For GoodFamily Problems

Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember how I stood before You
to speak good on their behalf,
to turn Your anger from them.
Verse ConceptsIngratitudeDigging PitsGod Will No More Be AngryRepaying Evil For Good

Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. Which of these works are you stoning Me for?” Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfDoing God's WorksFear Of StoningThe Father


They repay me evil for good,
making me desolate.
Verse ConceptsIngratitudeRepaying Evil For Good



If anyone returns evil for good,
evil will never depart from his house.
Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstHousesIngratitudeRepaying Evil For GoodFamily Problems

Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember how I stood before You
to speak good on their behalf,
to turn Your anger from them.
Verse ConceptsIngratitudeDigging PitsGod Will No More Be AngryRepaying Evil For Good

Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. Which of these works are you stoning Me for?” Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfDoing God's WorksFear Of StoningThe Father

Now, it is not an enemy who insults me- otherwise I could bear it; it is not a foe who rises up against me- otherwise I could hide from him. But it is you, a man who is my peer, my companion and good friend! We used to have close fellowship; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.


You have distanced my friends from me;
You have made me repulsive to them.
I am shut in and cannot go out.
Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessAbandoning FriendsShutting DoorsFriends FailingPeople Being HatedBest Friendsshunning


Malicious witnesses come forward; they question me about things I do not know. They repay me evil for good, making me desolate. Yet when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, and my prayer was genuine. read more.
I went about [grieving] as if for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning a mother. But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; they gathered against me. Assailants I did not know tore at me and did not stop. With godless mockery they gnashed their teeth at me.

He acts violently against those at peace with him; he violates his covenant. His buttery words are smooth, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, but they are drawn swords.

They repay me evil for good, making me desolate. Yet when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, and my prayer was genuine. I went about [grieving] as if for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning a mother.

Is it not enough that you brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Do you also have to appoint yourself as ruler over us? Verse ConceptsPossibility Of DeathPlenty In EgyptLording ItMilk And HoneyUnimportant Things

King Joash didn’t remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him, but killed his son. While he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see and demand an account.” Verse ConceptsIngratitudeKindness

They repay me evil for good,
making me desolate.
Verse ConceptsIngratitudeRepaying Evil For Good

Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember how I stood before You
to speak good on their behalf,
to turn Your anger from them.
Verse ConceptsIngratitudeDigging PitsGod Will No More Be AngryRepaying Evil For Good

David had just said, “I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness for nothing. He was not missing anything, yet he paid me back evil for good. Verse ConceptsIngratitudeReward, HumanMannersUseless LabourPeople Actually Doing Evil

Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him. Verse ConceptsCupbearerForgettingIngratitudeReward, HumanUnreliabilityButlersForgetting People

and now you have attacked my father’s house today, killed his 70 sons on top of a large stone, and made Abimelech, the son of his slave, king over the lords of Shechem ‘because he is your brother’— Verse ConceptsConcubinesIngratitudeBeing Killed By A RockMaking KingsSeventiesKilling Brothers

They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good he had done for Israel. Verse ConceptsIngratitudeKindnessMannersUnfaithful

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man. Verse ConceptsForgetting PeopleIndividuals Saving OthersThe Work Of The WiseSaving Moneyhealthcarerecognition



Malicious witnesses come forward; they question me about things I do not know. They repay me evil for good, making me desolate. Yet when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, and my prayer was genuine. read more.
I went about [grieving] as if for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning a mother. But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; they gathered against me. Assailants I did not know tore at me and did not stop. With godless mockery they gnashed their teeth at me.

In return for my love they accuse me, but I continue to pray. They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

They repay me evil for good,
making me desolate.
Verse ConceptsIngratitudeRepaying Evil For Good