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 35:12
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12 (A)They reward me evil for good,
To the sorrow of my soul.
1 John 3:12
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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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Jeremiah 18:20
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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
1 Peter 4:14-16
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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 3:17-18
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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 3:13
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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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John 10:32
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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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Psalm 109:3-5
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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 7:4
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4 If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me,
Or (A)have plundered my enemy without cause,
1 Samuel 25:21
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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 25:16
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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 23:12
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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 23:5
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5 And David and his men went to Keilah and (A)fought with the Philistines, struck them with a mighty blow, and took away their livestock. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
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1 Samuel 19:4-6
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4 Thus Jonathan (A)spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Let not the king (B)sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you. 5 For he took his (C)life in his hands and (D)killed the Philistine, and (E)the Lord brought about a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. (F)Why then will you (G)sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”
6 So Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, “As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed.”
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Matthew 5:10
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10 (A)Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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