1 Samuel 25:21

Revised Standard Version

Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; and he has returned me evil for good.

Cross References

Genesis 44:4

When they had gone but a short distance from the city, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you returned evil for good? Why have you stolen my silver cup?

Job 30:8

A senseless, a disreputable brood, they have been whipped out of the land.

Psalm 35:12

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

Psalm 37:8

Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

Psalm 38:20

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

Proverbs 17:13

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

Jeremiah 18:20

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.

Romans 12:21

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, with all malice,

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.

1 Peter 3:17

For it is better to suffer for doing right, if that should be God's will, than for doing wrong.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not return evil for evil or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary bless, for to this you have been called, that you may obtain a blessing.

1 Samuel 25:13

And David said to his men, “Every man gird on his sword!” And every man of them girded on his sword; David also girded on his sword; and about four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred remained with the baggage.

1 Samuel 25:15

Yet the men were very good to us, and we suffered no harm, and we did not miss anything when we were in the fields, as long as we went with them;

1 Samuel 25:20

And as she rode on the ass, and came down under cover of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

1 Samuel 25:7

I hear that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm, and they missed nothing, all the time they were in Carmel.