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Proverbs 17:13
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Proverbs 17:13
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13 Whoever (A)rewards evil for good,
Evil will not depart from his house.
Proverbs 17:13
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Proverbs 17:13
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Romans 12:17
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Romans 12:17
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17 (A)Repay no one evil for evil. (B)Have[a] regard for good things in the sight of all men.
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- Romans 12:17 Or Provide good
Romans 12:17
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Romans 12:17
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1 Peter 3:9
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1 Peter 3:9
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9 (A)not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary (B)blessing, knowing that you were called to this, (C)that you may inherit a blessing.
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Psalm 109:4-13
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Psalm 109:4-13
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4 In return for my love they are my accusers,
But I give myself to prayer.
5 Thus (A)they have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.
6 Set a wicked man over him,
And let (B)an [a]accuser stand at his right hand.
7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
And (C)let his prayer become sin.
8 Let his days be (D)few,
And (E)let another take his office.
9 (F)Let his children be fatherless,
And his wife a widow.
10 Let his children [b]continually be vagabonds, and beg;
Let them [c]seek their bread also from their desolate places.
11 (G)Let the creditor seize all that he has,
And let strangers plunder his labor.
12 Let there be none to extend mercy to him,
Nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
13 (H)Let his [d]posterity be cut off,
And in the generation following let their (I)name be blotted out.
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- Psalm 109:6 Heb. satan
- Psalm 109:10 wander continuously
- Psalm 109:10 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. be cast out
- Psalm 109:13 descendants be destroyed
Psalm 109:4-13
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Psalm 109:4-13
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4 In return for my friendship they accuse me,
but I am a man of prayer.(A)
5 They repay me evil for good,(B)
and hatred for my friendship.
6 Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
let an accuser(C) stand at his right hand.
7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty,(D)
and may his prayers condemn(E) him.
8 May his days be few;(F)
may another take his place(G) of leadership.
9 May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.(H)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;(I)
may they be driven[a] from their ruined homes.
11 May a creditor(J) seize all he has;
may strangers plunder(K) the fruits of his labor.(L)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
or take pity(M) on his fatherless children.
13 May his descendants be cut off,(N)
their names blotted out(O) from the next generation.
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- Psalm 109:10 Septuagint; Hebrew sought
Psalm 35:12
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Psalm 35:12
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12 (A)They reward me evil for good,
To the sorrow of my soul.
Psalm 35:12
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Psalm 35:12
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12 They repay me evil for good(A)
and leave me like one bereaved.
Psalm 55:12-15
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Psalm 55:12-15
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12 (A)For it is not an enemy who reproaches me;
Then I could bear it.
Nor is it one who hates me who has (B)exalted himself against me;
Then I could hide from him.
13 But it was you, a man my equal,
(C)My companion and my acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together,
And (D)walked to the house of God in the throng.
15 Let death seize them;
Let them (E)go down alive into [a]hell,
For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.
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- Psalm 55:15 Or Sheol
Psalm 55:12-15
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Psalm 55:12-15
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Psalm 38:20
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Psalm 38:20
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20 Those also (A)who render evil for good,
They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.
Psalm 38:20
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Psalm 38:20
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2 Samuel 12:10
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2 Samuel 12:10
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10 Now therefore, (A)the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’
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2 Samuel 12:10
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2 Samuel 12:10
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10 Now, therefore, the sword(A) will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
1 Samuel 24:17
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1 Samuel 24:17
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17 (A)Then he said to David: “You are (B)more righteous than I; for (C)you have rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded you with evil.
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1 Samuel 24:17
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1 Samuel 24:17
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17 “You are more righteous than I,”(A) he said. “You have treated me well,(B) but I have treated you badly.(C)
1 Thessalonians 5:15
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1 Thessalonians 5:15
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15 (A)See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always (B)pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.
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1 Thessalonians 5:15
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1 Thessalonians 5:15
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15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong,(A) but always strive to do what is good for each other(B) and for everyone else.
Matthew 27:5
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Matthew 27:5
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5 Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and (A)departed, and went and hanged himself.
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Matthew 27:5
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Matthew 27:5
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2 Samuel 21:1-14
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2 Samuel 21:1-14
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David Avenges the Gibeonites
21 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David (A)inquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, “It is because of Saul and his [a]bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Gibeonites.” 2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but (B)of the remnant of the Amorites; the children of Israel had sworn protection to them, but Saul had sought to kill them (C)in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.
3 Therefore David said to the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? And with what shall I make atonement, that you may bless (D)the inheritance of the Lord?”
4 And the Gibeonites said to him, “We will have no silver or gold from Saul or from his house, nor shall you kill any man in Israel for us.”
So he said, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.”
5 Then they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the territories of Israel, 6 let seven men of his descendants be delivered (E)to us, and we will hang them before the Lord (F)in Gibeah of Saul, (G)whom the Lord chose.”
And the king said, “I will give them.”
7 But the king spared (H)Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of (I)the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 8 So the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of (J)Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, and the five sons of [b]Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she [c]brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite; 9 and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill (K)before the Lord. So they fell, all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
10 Now (L)Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, (M)from the beginning of harvest until the late rains poured on them from heaven. And she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.
11 And David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 12 Then David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of (N)Jabesh Gilead who had stolen them from the street of [d]Beth Shan, where the (O)Philistines had hung them up, after the Philistines had struck down Saul in Gilboa. 13 So he brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there; and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged. 14 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in (P)Zelah, in the tomb of Kish his father. So they performed all that the king commanded. And after that (Q)God heeded the prayer for the land.
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- 2 Samuel 21:1 Lit. house of bloodshed
- 2 Samuel 21:8 Merab, 1 Sam. 18:19; 25:44; 2 Sam. 3:14; 6:23
- 2 Samuel 21:8 Lit. bore to Adriel
- 2 Samuel 21:12 Beth Shean, Josh. 17:11
2 Samuel 21:1-14
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2 Samuel 21:1-14
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The Gibeonites Avenged
21 During the reign of David, there was a famine(A) for three successive years; so David sought(B) the face of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
2 The king summoned the Gibeonites(C) and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were survivors of the Amorites; the Israelites had sworn to spare them, but Saul in his zeal for Israel and Judah had tried to annihilate them.) 3 David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How shall I make atonement so that you will bless the Lord’s inheritance?”(D)
4 The Gibeonites answered him, “We have no right to demand silver or gold from Saul or his family, nor do we have the right to put anyone in Israel to death.”(E)
“What do you want me to do for you?” David asked.
5 They answered the king, “As for the man who destroyed us and plotted against us so that we have been decimated and have no place anywhere in Israel, 6 let seven of his male descendants be given to us to be killed and their bodies exposed(F) before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul—the Lord’s chosen(G) one.”
So the king said, “I will give them to you.”
7 The king spared Mephibosheth(H) son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath(I) before the Lord between David and Jonathan son of Saul. 8 But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah’s daughter Rizpah,(J) whom she had borne to Saul, together with the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab,[a] whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.(K) 9 He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who killed them and exposed their bodies on a hill before the Lord. All seven of them fell together; they were put to death(L) during the first days of the harvest, just as the barley harvest was beginning.(M)
10 Rizpah daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest till the rain poured down from the heavens on the bodies, she did not let the birds touch them by day or the wild animals by night.(N) 11 When David was told what Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, had done, 12 he went and took the bones of Saul(O) and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead.(P) (They had stolen their bodies from the public square at Beth Shan,(Q) where the Philistines had hung(R) them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.)(S) 13 David brought the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from there, and the bones of those who had been killed and exposed were gathered up.
14 They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish, at Zela(T) in Benjamin, and did everything the king commanded. After that,(U) God answered prayer(V) in behalf of the land.(W)
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- 2 Samuel 21:8 Two Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Samuel 18:19); most Hebrew and Septuagint manuscripts Michal
1 Samuel 31:2-3
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1 Samuel 31:2-3
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2 Then the Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed (A)Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul’s sons. 3 (B)The battle became fierce against Saul. The archers [a]hit him, and he was severely wounded by the archers.
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- 1 Samuel 31:3 Lit. found him
1 Samuel 31:2-3
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1 Samuel 31:2-3
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2 The Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons,(A) and they killed his sons Jonathan,(B) Abinadab and Malki-Shua.(C) 3 The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded(D) him critically.
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