1 Samuel 25:21

New English Translation

Now David had been thinking, “In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.

Cross References

Genesis 44:4

They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to the servant who was over his household, “Pursue the men at once! When you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?

Job 30:8

Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.

Psalm 35:12

They repay me evil for the good I have done; I am overwhelmed with sorrow.

Psalm 37:8

Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!

Psalm 38:20

They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.

Proverbs 17:13

As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

Jeremiah 18:20

Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.

Romans 12:21

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

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.

Ephesians 4:31

You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

1 Peter 3:17

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, than for doing evil.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.

1 Samuel 25:13

Then David instructed his men, “Each of you strap on your sword!” So each one strapped on his sword, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men followed David up, while two hundred stayed behind with the equipment.

1 Samuel 25:15

These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together in the field.

1 Samuel 25:20

Riding on her donkey, she went down under cover of the mountain. David and his men were coming down to meet her, and she encountered them.

1 Samuel 25:7

Now I hear that they are shearing sheep for you. When your shepherds were with us, we neither insulted them nor harmed them the whole time they were in Carmel.