Psalm 35:12

New International Reader's Version

They pay me back with evil, even though I was good to them. They leave me like someone who has lost a family member.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 19:4

So Hanun grabbed David’s messengers. He shaved them. He cut off their clothes just below the waist and left them half naked. Then he sent them away.

Psalm 142:5

Lord, I cry out to you. I say, “You are my place of safety. You are everything I need in this life.”

Psalm 38:20

They pay me back with evil, even though I was good to them. They bring charges against me, though I try only to do what is good.

Psalm 38:21

Lord, don’t desert me. My God, don’t be far away from me.

Proverbs 17:13

Evil will never leave the house of anyone who pays back evil for good.

Jeremiah 18:20

Should the good things I’ve done be paid back with evil? But my enemies have dug a pit for me. Remember that I stood in front of you and spoke up for them. I tried to turn your anger away from them.

John 10:32

But Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. Which good work are you throwing stones at me for?”

1 Samuel 19:15

Then Saul sent the men back to see David. He told them, “Bring him up here to me in his bed. Then I’ll kill him.”

1 Samuel 25:21

David had just said, “Everything we’ve done hasn’t been worth a thing! I watched over that fellow’s property in the desert. I made sure none of it was stolen. But he has paid me back evil for good.