Jeremiah 18:20

Modern English Version

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.

Cross References

Job 6:27

Yes, you cast lots for the fatherless, and you bargain over your friend.

Psalm 106:23

Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses, His chosen one, stood before Him in the breach, to turn away His wrath from destroying them.

Psalm 119:95

The wicked lie in wait to destroy me, but I will consider Your testimonies.

Psalm 35:12

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

Psalm 35:7

For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my life.

Psalm 38:20

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

Psalm 57:6

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me, but they have fallen into it themselves.   Selah

Psalm 7:15

He who digs a hole and hollows it will then fall into his own pit.

Proverbs 17:13

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

Proverbs 26:27

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

The one who digs a pit will fall into it, and the one who breaks through a wall will be bitten by a serpent.

Jeremiah 11:14

Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them. For I will not hear them in the time that they cry to Me because of their trouble.

Jeremiah 14:20

We acknowledge, O  Lord, our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against You.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me: Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, yet My heart would not be with this people. Cast them out of My sight and let them go!

Jeremiah 17:18

Let those who persecute me be humiliated, but let me not be humiliated; let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed. Bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

Jeremiah 18:19

Give heed to me, O  Lord, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.

Jeremiah 18:22

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when You bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.

Jeremiah 27:18

But if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of Hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem not go to Babylon.

Jeremiah 5:26

For among My people are found wicked men. They lie in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

Jeremiah 7:16

As for you, do not pray for this people or lift up a cry, or prayer for them, or make intercession to Me, for I will not hear you.

Lamentations 3:59

O  Lord, You have seen the wrong done to me; judge my case.

John 10:32

Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”

John 15:25

But that the word which is written in their law might be fulfilled, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’

1 Samuel 19:4

Jonathan spoke positively of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Do not let the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have been very good toward you.