Bible Cross References
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Psalm 7:4
Psalm 35:12
They pay me back evil for good, and I sink in despair.
Psalm 109:3-5
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and they say evil things about me, attacking me for no reason.
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They oppose me, even though I love them and have prayed for them.
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They pay me back evil for good and hatred for love.
1 Samuel 19:4-6
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Jonathan praised David to Saul and said, "Sir, don't do wrong to your servant David. He has never done you any wrong; on the contrary, everything he has done has been a great help to you.
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He risked his life when he killed Goliath, and the LORD won a great victory for Israel. When you saw it, you were glad. Why, then, do you now want to do wrong to an innocent man and kill David for no reason at all?"
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Saul was convinced by what Jonathan said and made a vow in the LORD's name that he would not kill David.
1 Samuel 23:5
So David and his men went to Keilah and attacked the Philistines; they killed many of them and took their livestock. And so it was that David saved the town.
1 Samuel 23:12
"And will the citizens of Keilah hand my men and me over to Saul?" David asked again. "They will," the LORD answered.
1 Samuel 25:16
They protected us day and night the whole time we were with them looking after our flocks.
1 Samuel 25:21
David had been thinking, "Why did I ever protect that fellow's property out here in the wilderness? Not a thing that belonged to him was stolen, and this is how he pays me back for the help I gave him!
Jeremiah 18:20
Is evil the payment for good? Yet they have dug a pit for me to fall in. Remember how I came to you and spoke on their behalf, so that you would not deal with them in anger.
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Matthew 5:10
"Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!
John 10:32
Jesus said to them, "I have done many good deeds in your presence which the Father gave me to do; for which one of these do you want to stone me?"
1 Peter 3:13
Who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good?
1 Peter 3:17
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if this should be God's will, than for doing evil.
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ died for sins once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to lead you to God. He was put to death physically, but made alive spiritually,
1 Peter 4:14-16
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Happy are you if you are insulted because you are Christ's followers; this means that the glorious Spirit, the Spirit of God, is resting on you.
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If you suffer, it must not be because you are a murderer or a thief or a criminal or a meddler in other people's affairs.
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However, if you suffer because you are a Christian, don't be ashamed of it, but thank God that you bear Christ's name.
1 John 3:12
We must not be like Cain; he belonged to the Evil One and murdered his own brother Abel. Why did Cain murder him? Because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right.