1 Samuel 25:21

God's Word

David had thought, “I guarded this man’s stuff in the desert for nothing! Not one of his possessions was missing. Yet, he has paid me back with evil when I was good to him.

Cross References

Genesis 44:4

They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to the man in charge of his house, “Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, ‘Why have you paid me back with evil when I was good to you?

Job 30:8

Godless fools and worthless people are forced out of the land with whips.

Psalm 35:12

I am devastated because they pay me back with evil instead of good.

Psalm 37:8

Let go of anger, and leave rage behind. Do not be preoccupied. It only leads to evil.

Psalm 38:20

They pay me back with evil instead of good, and they accuse me because I try to do what is good.

Proverbs 17:13

Whoever pays back evil for good— evil will never leave his home.

Jeremiah 18:20

Good should not be paid back with evil. They dig a pit to take my life. Remember how I stood in your presence and pleaded for them in order to turn your anger away from them.

Romans 12:21

Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil with good.

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry without sinning. Don’t go to bed angry.

Ephesians 4:31

Get rid of your bitterness, hot tempers, anger, loud quarreling, cursing, and hatred.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

Make sure that no one ever pays back one wrong with another wrong. Instead, always try to do what is good for each other and everyone else.

1 Peter 3:17

After all, if it is God’s will, it’s better to suffer for doing good than for doing wrong.

1 Peter 3:9

Don’t pay people back with evil for the evil they do to you, or ridicule those who ridicule you. Instead, bless them, because you were called to inherit a blessing.

1 Samuel 25:13

“Each of you put on your swords!” David told his men. And everyone, including David, put on his sword. About four hundred men went with David, while two hundred men stayed with the supplies.

1 Samuel 25:15

Those men were very good to us. They didn’t mistreat us, and we found that nothing was missing wherever we went with them when we were in the fields.

1 Samuel 25:20

She was riding on her donkey down a hidden mountain path when she met David and his men coming toward her.

1 Samuel 25:7

I hear that your sheepshearers are with you. Your shepherds have been with us, ⌞and⌟ we have not mistreated them. Nothing of theirs has been missing as long as they’ve been in Carmel.