1 Samuel 25:21

Modern English Version

Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I guarded all that this man has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him. And he has returned me evil for good.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:13

He who rewards evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outbursts, and blasphemies, with all malice, be taken away from you.

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry but do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your anger.

Romans 12:21

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

1 Peter 3:17

For it is better, if it is the will of God, that you suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone. But always seek to do good to one another and to all.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil, or curse for curse, but on the contrary, bless, knowing that to this you are called, so that you may receive a blessing.

Jeremiah 18:20

Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before You to speak good for them, and to turn away Your wrath from them.

Psalm 38:20

Those who render evil for good attack me because I pursue good.

Psalm 37:8

Let go of anger and forsake wrath; fret not—it leads only to evil.

Psalm 35:12

They repay me evil for good, to the sorrow of my soul.

Job 30:8

They were children of fools, yes, children of vile men; they were scourged from the earth.

1 Samuel 25:13

David said to his men, “Each man strap on his sword.” And each man strapped on his sword. David also put on his sword, and four hundred men went up after David. But two hundred stayed with the baggage.

Genesis 44:4

When they were gone out of the city, but not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Get up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you rewarded evil for good?

1 Samuel 25:7

“ ‘I have heard that you have shearers. Now your shepherds were with us. We did not harm them nor did they miss anything all the days they were in Carmel.

1 Samuel 25:15

But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, nor did we miss anything, all the days we went about with them in the field.

1 Samuel 25:20

And as she was riding on the donkey and going down into the cover of the mountain, behold, David and his men were coming down to meet her and she met them.