if I have requited with evil those who requited me [with good]; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.

They rewarded me evil for good, and bereavement to my soul.

And they have compassed me with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

And they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

And Jonathan spoke favorably concerning David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against your servant David, for he has not sinned against you, and his deeds are very good.

And Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, saying, [As] the Lord lives, he shall not die.

So David and his men with him went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines; and they fled from before him, and he carried off their cattle, and struck them with a great slaughter, and David rescued the inhabitants of Keilah.

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And when we were in the field, they were as a wall round about us, both by night and by day, all the days that we were with them feeding the flock.

And David said, Perhaps I have kept all his possessions in the wilderness that he should wrong me, and we did not order the taking of anything, of all his goods; yet he has rewarded me evil for good.

Forasmuch as evil is rewarded for good; for they have spoken words against my soul, and they have hidden the punishment they [meant] for me. Remember that I stood before Your face, to speak good concerning them, to turn away Your wrath from them.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus answered them, "Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?"

And who is he that shall injure you if you become imitators of that which is good?

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if it is the will of God, than [for] doing evil.

For Christ also suffered once to atone for sins, [the] just for [the] unjust, that He might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit,

If you are reviled in the name of Christ, blessed are you, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On the one hand He is blasphemed, but on the other He is glorified.

but if anyone [suffers] as a Christian, let him not be put to shame, but let him glorify God in this matter.

not as Cain who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his works were evil and the [works] of his brother were righteous.