Psalm 38:20
New Living Translation
20 They repay me evil for good
and oppose me for pursuing good.
Psalm 35:12
New Living Translation
12 They repay me evil for good.
I am sick with despair.
1 John 3:12
New Living Translation
12 We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous.
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Jeremiah 18:20
New Living Translation
20 Should they repay evil for good?
They have dug a pit to kill me,
though I pleaded for them
and tried to protect them from your anger.
1 Peter 4:14-16
New Living Translation
14 If you are insulted because you bear the name of Christ, you will be blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God[a] rests upon you.[b] 15 If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs. 16 But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his name!
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1 Peter 3:17-18
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17 Remember, it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God wants, than to suffer for doing wrong!
18 Christ suffered[a] for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.[b]
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1 Peter 3:13
New Living Translation
Suffering for Doing Good
13 Now, who will want to harm you if you are eager to do good?
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John 10:32
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32 Jesus said, “At my Father’s direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone me?”
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Psalm 109:3-5
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3 They surround me with hateful words
and fight against me for no reason.
4 I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations
even as I am praying for them!
5 They repay evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
Psalm 7:4
New Living Translation
4 if I have betrayed a friend
or plundered my enemy without cause,
1 Samuel 25:21
New Living Translation
21 David had just been saying, “A lot of good it did to help this fellow. We protected his flocks in the wilderness, and nothing he owned was lost or stolen. But he has repaid me evil for good.
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1 Samuel 25:16
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16 In fact, day and night they were like a wall of protection to us and the sheep.
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1 Samuel 23:12
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12 Again David asked, “Will the leaders of Keilah betray me and my men to Saul?”
And the Lord replied, “Yes, they will betray you.”
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1 Samuel 23:5
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5 So David and his men went to Keilah. They slaughtered the Philistines and took all their livestock and rescued the people of Keilah.
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1 Samuel 19:4-6
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4 The next morning Jonathan spoke with his father about David, saying many good things about him. “The king must not sin against his servant David,” Jonathan said. “He’s never done anything to harm you. He has always helped you in any way he could. 5 Have you forgotten about the time he risked his life to kill the Philistine giant and how the Lord brought a great victory to all Israel as a result? You were certainly happy about it then. Why should you murder an innocent man like David? There is no reason for it at all!”
6 So Saul listened to Jonathan and vowed, “As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be killed.”
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Matthew 5:10
New Living Translation
10 God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right,
for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
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