Psalm 38:20

Easy To Read Version

My enemies do bad things to me,\par and I did only good things to them.\par I tried to do only good things,\par but those people turned against me.\par

Cross References

Psalm 142:7

Help me escape this trap {\cf2\super [643]} \par so I can praise your name.\par And good people will celebrate with me\par because you took care of me.\par

Psalm 25:19

Look at all the enemies I have.\par They hate me and want to hurt me.\par

Psalm 35:12

I have done only good things.\par But those people will do bad things to me.\par \{Lord,\} give me the good things I deserve.\par

Psalm 35:19

My lying enemies will not keep laughing.\par Surely my enemies will be punished\par for their secret plans. {\cf2\super [219]} \par

Psalm 7:4

I did not do bad things to my friend. {\cf2\super [35]} \par And I did not help my friend’s enemies.\par

Jeremiah 18:20

I have been good to the people of Judah.\par But now they are paying me back with evil.\par They are trying to trap me and kill me.\par

Matthew 5:10

What great blessings there are for the people that are treated badly for doing good!\par The kingdom of heaven belongs to them.\par

John 10:32

But Jesus said to them, “I have done many good things from the Father. You have seen those things. Which of those good things are you killing me for?”

1 Peter 3:13

If you are always trying to do good, then no person can really hurt you.

1 John 3:12

Don’t be like Cain. {\cf2\super [10]} Cain belonged to the Evil One (the devil). Cain killed his brother \{Abel {\cf2\super [11]} \}. But why did Cain kill his brother? Because the things Cain did were evil, and the things his brother \{Abel\} did were good.

1 Samuel 23:12

Again David asked, “Will the people of Keilah give me and my men to Saul?”

1 Samuel 23:5

So David and his men went to Keilah. David’s men fought the Philistines. David’s men defeated the Philistines and took their cattle. In this way, David saved the people of Keilah.

1 Samuel 25:16

David’s men protected us night and day! They were like a wall around us—they protected us while we were with them caring for the sheep.

1 Samuel 25:21

{Before David met Abigail,} David was saying, “I protected Nabal’s property in the desert. I made sure none of his sheep were missing. I did all that for nothing! I did good things to him, but he has been bad to me.