Jeremiah 18:20

New English Translation

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.

Cross References

Job 6:27

Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.

Psalm 106:23

He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger.

Psalm 119:95

The wicked prepare to kill me, yet I concentrate on your rules.

Psalm 35:12

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

Psalm 35:7

I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.

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.

Psalm 57:6

They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it! (Selah)

Psalm 7:15

he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

Proverbs 17:13

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

Proverbs 26:27

The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone – it will come back on him.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Jeremiah 11:14

So, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people. Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf. Do not plead with me to save them. For I will not listen to them when they call out to me for help when disaster strikes them.”

Jeremiah 14:20

Lord, we confess that we have been wicked. We confess that our ancestors have done wrong. We have indeed sinned against you.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!

Jeremiah 17:18

May those who persecute me be disgraced. Do not let me be disgraced. May they be dismayed. Do not let me be dismayed. Bring days of disaster on them. Bring on them the destruction they deserve.”

Jeremiah 18:19

Then I said, “Lord, pay attention to me. Listen to what my enemies are saying.

Jeremiah 18:22

Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.

Jeremiah 27:18

I also told them, “If they are really prophets and the Lord is speaking to them, let them pray earnestly to the Lord who rules over all. Let them plead with him not to let the valuable articles that are still left in the Lord’s temple, in the royal palace, and in Jerusalem be taken away to Babylon.

Jeremiah 5:26

“Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.

Jeremiah 7:16

Then the Lord said, “As for you, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people! Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf! Do not plead with me to save them, because I will not listen to you.

Lamentations 3:59

You have seen the wrong done to me, O Lord; pronounce judgment on my behalf!

John 10:32

Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?”

John 15:25

Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without reason.’

1 Samuel 19:4

So Jonathan spoke on David’s behalf to his father Saul. He said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David, for he has not sinned against you. On the contrary, his actions have been very beneficial for you.