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 35:12
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12 They repay me evil for good;
my soul is forlorn.(A)
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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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)
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 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 3:13
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13 Now who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good?
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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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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)
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 25:16
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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 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 23:5
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5 So David and his men went to Keilah, fought with the Philistines, brought away their livestock, and dealt them a heavy defeat. Thus David rescued the inhabitants of Keilah.
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1 Samuel 19:4-6
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4 Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul, saying to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you and because his deeds have been of good service to you,(A) 5 for he took his life in his hand when he attacked the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced; why then will you sin against an innocent person by killing David without cause?”(B) 6 Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan; Saul swore, “As the Lord lives, he shall not be put to death.”
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Matthew 5:10
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10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(A)
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