Psalm 38:20
New King James Version
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 35:12
New King James Version
12 (A)They reward me evil for good,
To the sorrow of my soul.
Psalm 35:12
New International Version
12 They repay me evil for good(A)
and leave me like one bereaved.
1 John 3:12
New King James Version
12 not as (A)Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.
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1 John 3:12
New International Version
12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one(A) and murdered his brother.(B) And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.(C)
Jeremiah 18:20
New King James Version
20 (A)Shall evil be repaid for good?
For they have (B)dug a pit for my life.
Remember that I (C)stood before You
To speak good [a]for them,
To turn away Your wrath from them.
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- Jeremiah 18:20 concerning
Jeremiah 18:20
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1 Peter 4:14-16
New King James Version
14 If you are [a]reproached for the name of Christ, (A)blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. [b]On their part He is blasphemed, (B)but on your part He is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a [c]busybody in other people’s matters. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this [d]matter.
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- 1 Peter 4:14 insulted or reviled
- 1 Peter 4:14 NU omits the rest of v. 14.
- 1 Peter 4:15 meddler
- 1 Peter 4:16 NU name
1 Peter 4:14-16
New International Version
14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ,(A) you are blessed,(B) for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. 16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.(C)
1 Peter 3:17-18
New King James Version
17 For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
Christ’s Suffering and Ours
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring [a]us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,
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- 1 Peter 3:18 NU, M you
1 Peter 3:17-18
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1 Peter 3:13
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Suffering for Right and Wrong
13 (A)And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good?
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1 Peter 3:13
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13 Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good?(A)
John 10:32
New King James Version
32 Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”
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John 10:32
New International Version
32 but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”
Psalm 109:3-5
New King James Version
3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me (A)without a cause.
4 In return for my love they are my accusers,
But I give myself to prayer.
5 Thus (B)they have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.
Psalm 109:3-5
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Psalm 7:4
New King James Version
4 If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me,
Or (A)have plundered my enemy without cause,
Psalm 7:4
New International Version
4 if I have repaid my ally with evil
or without cause(A) have robbed my foe—
1 Samuel 25:21
New King James Version
21 Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belongs to him. And he has (A)repaid me evil for good.
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1 Samuel 25:21
New International Version
21 David had just said, “It’s been useless—all my watching over this fellow’s property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing.(A) He has paid(B) me back evil(C) for good.
1 Samuel 25:16
New King James Version
16 They were (A)a wall to us both by night and day, all the time we were with them keeping the sheep.
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1 Samuel 25:16
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16 Night and day they were a wall(A) around us the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.
1 Samuel 23:12
New King James Version
12 Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah [a]deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?”
And the Lord said, “They will deliver you.”
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- 1 Samuel 23:12 Lit. shut up
1 Samuel 23:12
New International Version
12 Again David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender(A) me and my men to Saul?”
And the Lord said, “They will.”
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