Psalm 38:20

English Standard Version 2016

Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.

Cross References

Psalm 35:12

They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft.

1 John 3:12

We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.

Jeremiah 18:20

Should good be repaid with evil? 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.

1 Peter 3:13

Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

John 10:32

Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?”

Psalm 7:4

if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,

1 Samuel 25:21

Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged 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 surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” And the Lord said, “They will surrender you.”

1 Samuel 23:5

And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines and brought away their livestock and struck them with a great blow. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

Matthew 5:10

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Psalm 25:19

Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me.

Psalm 35:19

Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.

Psalm 142:7

Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name! The righteous will surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me.