Jeremiah 18:20

New International Version

Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember that I stood before you and spoke in their behalf to turn your wrath away from them.

Cross References

Job 6:27

You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.

Psalm 106:23

So he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.

Psalm 119:95

The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes.

Psalm 35:12

They repay me evil for good and leave me like one bereaved.

Psalm 35:7

Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me,

Psalm 38:20

Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.

Psalm 57:6

They spread a net for my feet— I was bowed down in distress. They dug a pit in my path— but they have fallen into it themselves.

Psalm 7:15

Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.

Proverbs 17:13

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

Proverbs 26:27

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

Whoever digs a pit may fall into it; whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Jeremiah 11:14

“Do not pray for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their distress.

Jeremiah 14:20

We acknowledge our wickedness, Lord, and the guilt of our ancestors; we have indeed sinned against you.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my heart would not go out to this people. Send them away from my presence! Let them go!

Jeremiah 17:18

Let my persecutors be put to shame, but keep me from shame; let them be terrified, but keep me from terror. Bring on them the day of disaster; destroy them with double destruction.

Jeremiah 18:19

Listen to me, Lord; hear what my accusers are saying!

Jeremiah 18:22

Let a cry be heard from their houses when you suddenly bring invaders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.

Jeremiah 27:18

If they are prophets and have the word of the Lord, let them plead with the Lord Almighty that the articles remaining in the house of the Lord and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem not be taken to Babylon.

Jeremiah 5:26

“Among my people are the wicked who lie in wait like men who snare birds and like those who set traps to catch people.

Jeremiah 7:16

“So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you.

Lamentations 3:59

Lord, you have seen the wrong done to me. Uphold my cause!

John 10:32

but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”

John 15:25

But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’

1 Samuel 19:4

Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Let not the king do wrong to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly.