Psalm 38:20

A Conservative Version

They also who render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good.

Cross References

Psalm 35:12

They reward me evil for good, [to] the bereaving of my soul.

1 John 3:12

Not as Cain. He was of the wicked, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were wrong, and his brother's right.

Jeremiah 18:20

Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

1 Peter 3:13

And who is he who will harm you, if ye become imitators of the good?

John 10:32

Jesus answered them, I have shown you many good works from my Father. Because of them, which work do ye stone me?

Psalm 7:4

if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me, (yea, I have delivered him without cause who was my adversary),

1 Samuel 25:21

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him, and he has returned me evil for good.

1 Samuel 25:16

They were a wall to us both by night and by day all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

1 Samuel 23:12

Then David said, Will the men of Keilah deliver up me and my men into the hand of Saul? And LORD said, They will deliver thee up.

1 Samuel 23:5

And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

Matthew 5:10

Blessed are those who have been persecuted because of righteousness, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.

Psalm 25:19

Consider my enemies, for they are many. And they hate me with cruel hatred.

Psalm 35:19

Let not those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me. Neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.

Psalm 142:7

Bring my soul out of prison that I may give thanks to thy name. The righteous shall encompass me around, for thou will deal bountifully with me.