Jeremiah 18:20

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Is evil a recompense for good? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

Cross References

Job 6:27

You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.

Psalm 106:23

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

Psalm 119:95

The wicked lie in wait to destroy me; but I consider thy testimonies.

Psalm 35:12

They requite me evil for good; my soul is forlorn.

Psalm 35:7

For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.

Psalm 38:20

Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.

Psalm 57:6

They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah

Psalm 7:15

He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole which he has made.

Proverbs 17:13

If a man returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.

Proverbs 26:27

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back upon him who starts it rolling.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

He who digs a pit will fall into it; and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.

Jeremiah 11:14

“Therefore do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer on their behalf, for I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their trouble.

Jeremiah 14:20

We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord, and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against thee.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!

Jeremiah 17:18

Let those be put to shame who persecute me, but let me not be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil; destroy them with double destruction!

Jeremiah 18:19

Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to my plea.

Jeremiah 18:22

May a cry be heard from their houses, when thou bringest the marauder suddenly upon them! For they have dug a pit to take me, and laid snares for my feet.

Jeremiah 27:18

If they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, then let them intercede with the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon.

Jeremiah 5:26

For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.

Jeremiah 7:16

“As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I do not hear you.

Lamentations 3:59

Thou hast seen the wrong done to me, O Lord; judge thou my cause.

John 10:32

Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of these do you stone me?”

John 15:25

It is to fulfil the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

1 Samuel 19:4

And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Let not the king sin against his servant David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have been of good service to you;