Psalm 38:20

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 142:7

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to Your name; the righteous shall surround me, for You shall deal bountifully with me.

Psalm 25:19

Consider my enemies, for they are many, and with what violent hatred they hate.

Psalm 35:12

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

Psalm 35:19

Let not my treacherous enemies rejoice over me, nor let those who hate me without cause wink the eye.

Psalm 7:4

if I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me, or have delivered my adversary without cause,

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.

Matthew 5:10

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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?”

1 Peter 3:13

Who is he who will harm you if you follow that which is good?

1 John 3:12

not like Cain, who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s works were righteous.

1 Samuel 23:12

Then said David, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?” And the Lord said, “They will deliver you.”

1 Samuel 23:5

Then David and his men went to Keilah. He fought with the Philistines and carried off their livestock, and he struck them with a great slaughter. So David rescued the inhabitants of Keilah.

1 Samuel 25:16

They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the days we were with them keeping the flocks.

1 Samuel 25:21

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.