Psalm 38:20
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20 Those who render me evil for good
are my adversaries because I follow after good.(A)
Psalm 38:20
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Psalm 35:12
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12 They repay me evil for good;
my soul is forlorn.(A)
Psalm 35:12
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12 They repay me evil for good(A)
and leave me like one bereaved.
1 John 3:12
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12 We must not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.
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1 John 3:12
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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
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20 Is evil a recompense for good?
Yet they have dug a pit for my life.
Remember how I stood before you
to speak good for them,
to turn away your wrath from them.(A)
Jeremiah 18:20
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1 Peter 4:14-16
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14 If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory,[a] which is the Spirit of God,[b] is resting on you.[c](A) 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, a criminal, or even as a mischief maker.[d](B) 16 Yet if any of you suffers as a Christian, do not consider it a disgrace, but glorify God because you bear this name.[e]
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1 Peter 4:14-16
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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
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17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if suffering should be God’s will, than to suffer for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered[a] for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you[b] to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,(A)
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1 Peter 3:17-18
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1 Peter 3:13
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13 Now who will harm you if you are eager to do 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
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32 Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?”
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John 10:32
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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
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Psalm 109:3-5
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Psalm 7:4
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4 if I have repaid my ally with harm
or plundered my foe without cause,(A)
Psalm 7:4
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4 if I have repaid my ally with evil
or without cause(A) have robbed my foe—
1 Samuel 25:21
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21 Now David had said, “Surely it was in vain that I protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, but he has returned me evil for good.(A)
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1 Samuel 25:21
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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
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16 they were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.(A)
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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
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12 Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” The Lord said, “They will surrender you.”(A)
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1 Samuel 23:12
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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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