1 Peter 3:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Don’t do wrong to anyone to pay them back for doing wrong to you. Or don’t insult anyone to pay them back for insulting you. But ask God to bless them. Do this because you yourselves were chosen to receive a blessing.

Cross References

Romans 12:17

If someone does you wrong, don’t try to pay them back by hurting them. Try to do what everyone thinks is right.

Proverbs 20:22

Don’t ever say, “I’ll pay them back for what they did to me!” Wait for the Lord. He will make things right.

Romans 12:14

Wish only good for those who treat you badly. Ask God to bless them, not curse them.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

Be sure that no one pays back wrong for wrong. But always try to do what is good for each other and for all people.

Matthew 5:44

But I tell you, love your enemies. Pray for those who treat you badly.

Ephesians 4:32

Be kind and loving to each other. Forgive each other the same as God forgave you through Christ.

Matthew 5:39

But I tell you, don’t fight back against someone who wants to do harm to you. If they hit you on the right cheek, let them hit the other cheek too.

Proverbs 17:13

If you do wrong to those who were good to you, you will have trouble the rest of your life.

1 Peter 5:10

Yes, you will suffer for a short time. But after that, God will make everything right. He will make you strong. He will support you and keep you from falling. He is the God who gives all grace. He chose you to share in his glory in Christ. That glory will continue forever.

Romans 8:28

We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love him. These are the people God chose, because that was his plan.

Matthew 25:34

“Then the king will say to the godly people on his right, ‘Come, my Father has great blessings for you. The kingdom he promised is now yours. It has been prepared for you since the world was made.

Hebrews 6:14

He said, “I will surely bless you. I will give you many descendants.”

Luke 18:18

A religious leader asked Jesus, “Good Teacher, what must I do to get eternal life?”

Luke 10:25

Then an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. He said, “Teacher, what must I do to get eternal life?”

Matthew 19:29

Everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or farms to follow me will get much more than they left. And they will have eternal life.

Romans 8:30

God planned for them to be like his Son. He chose them and made them right with him. And after he made them right, he gave them his glory.

Mark 10:17

Jesus started to leave, but a man ran to him and bowed down on his knees before him. The man asked, “Good Teacher, what must I do to get the life that never ends?”

Genesis 42:25

Joseph told the servants to fill the bags with grain. The brothers had given Joseph the money for the grain, but he didn’t keep the money. He put the money in their bags of grain. Then he gave them what they would need for their trip back home.

1 Samuel 26:11

But I pray that the Lord never lets me hurt the Lord’s chosen king. Now pick up the spear and water jug by Saul’s head and let’s go.”

Proverbs 28:10

Those who plan to hurt good people will fall into their own traps, but good things will happen to those who are good.

Galatians 3:14

Because of what Jesus Christ did, the blessing God promised to Abraham was given to all people. Christ died so that by believing in him we could have the Spirit that God promised.

Hebrews 12:17

You remember that after Esau did this, he wanted to get his father’s blessing. He wanted that blessing so much that he cried. But his father refused to give him the blessing, because Esau could find no way to change what he had done.