Jeremiah 18:20

God's Word

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.

Cross References

Job 6:27

Would you also throw dice for an orphan? Would you buy and sell your friend?

Psalm 106:23

God said he was going to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, stood in his way to prevent him from exterminating them.

Psalm 119:95

The wicked people have waited for me in order to destroy me, ⌞yet⌟ I want to understand your written instructions.

Psalm 35:12

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

Psalm 35:7

For no reason they hid their net in a pit. For no reason they dug the pit ⌞to trap me⌟.

Psalm 38:20

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

Psalm 57:6

⌞My enemies⌟ spread out a net to catch me. (My soul is bowed down.) They dug a pit to trap me, but then they fell into it. Selah

Psalm 7:15

He digs a pit and shovels it out. Then he falls into the hole that he made ⌞for others⌟.

Proverbs 17:13

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

Proverbs 26:27

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

Whoever digs a pit may fall into it. Whoever breaks through a stone wall may be bitten by a snake.

Jeremiah 11:14

Jeremiah, don’t pray for these people. Don’t cry or pray for them. I won’t listen when they call to me for help in times of trouble.

Jeremiah 14:20

O Lord, we realize our wickedness and the wrongs done by our ancestors. We have sinned against you.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel were standing in front of me, I would not feel sorry for these people. Send them away from me, and let them go.

Jeremiah 17:18

Put my persecutors to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Terrify them, but do not let me be terrified. Bring the day of disaster on them, and destroy them completely.

Jeremiah 18:19

Pay attention to me, O Lord, and listen to what my accusers say.

Jeremiah 18:22

Make them cry out from their homes when you suddenly send troops against them, because they dug a pit to catch me and hid snares for my feet.

Jeremiah 27:18

If they are prophets and the Lord is speaking to them, they should beg the Lord of Armies not to allow the utensils that are left in the Lord’s temple, in the royal palace of Judah, and in Jerusalem to be taken away to Babylon.

Jeremiah 5:26

“Wicked people are found among my people. They lie in ambush like bird catchers. They set traps and catch people.

Jeremiah 7:16

“Jeremiah, don’t pray for these people. Don’t cry or pray for them. Don’t plead with me, because I will not listen to you.

Lamentations 3:59

Look at the wrong that has been done to me, O Lord. Give me a fair verdict.

John 10:32

Jesus replied to them, “I’ve shown you many good things that come from the Father. For which of these good things do you want to stone me to death?”

John 15:25

In this way what is written in their Scriptures has come true: ‘They hate me for no reason.’

1 Samuel 19:4

So Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul. “You should not commit a sin against your servant David,” he said. “He hasn’t sinned against you. Instead, he has done some very fine things for you: