Psalm 38:20

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Psalm 142:7

Free me from prison, that I may give thanks to your name. Because of me the godly will assemble, for you will vindicate me.

Psalm 25:19

Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.

Psalm 35:12

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

Psalm 35:19

Do not let those who are my enemies for no reason gloat over me! Do not let those who hate me without cause carry out their wicked schemes!

Psalm 7:4

or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy,

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.

Matthew 5:10

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

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?”

1 Peter 3:13

For who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good?

1 John 3:12

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

1 Samuel 23:12

David asked, “Will the leaders of Keilah deliver me and my men into Saul’s hand?” The Lord said, “They will deliver you over.”

1 Samuel 23:5

So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He took away their cattle and thoroughly defeated them. David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

1 Samuel 25:16

Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks.

1 Samuel 25:21

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.