1 Samuel 25:21

Revised Version 1885

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:13

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

Ephesians 4:26

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Romans 12:21

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

1 Peter 3:17

For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but alway follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.

1 Peter 3:9

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Jeremiah 18:20

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy fury from them.

Psalm 38:20

They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

Psalm 37:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

Psalm 35:12

They reward me evil for good, To the bereaving of my soul.

Job 30:8

They are children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.

1 Samuel 25:13

And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.

Genesis 44:4

And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

1 Samuel 25:7

And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

1 Samuel 25:15

But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:

1 Samuel 25:20

And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.