1 Samuel 25:21

Bible in Basic English 1965

Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.

Cross References

Genesis 44:4

And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?

Job 30:8

They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.

Psalm 35:12

They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul.

Psalm 37:8

Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

Psalm 38:20

They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.

Proverbs 17:13

If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.

Jeremiah 18:20

Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.

Romans 12:21

Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

1 Thessalonians 5:15

Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.

1 Peter 3:17

Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.

1 Peter 3:9

Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.

1 Samuel 25:13

And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.

1 Samuel 25:15

But these men have been very good to us; they did us no wrong and nothing of ours was touched while we were with them in the fields:

1 Samuel 25:20

Now while she was going down under cover of the mountain on her ass, David and his men came down against her, and suddenly she came face to face with them.

1 Samuel 25:7

I have had word that you have wool-cutters: now the keepers of your sheep have been with us, and we have done them no evil, and taken nothing of theirs while they were in Carmel.