Psalms 38:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.”
Read Psalms 38:20 in the flow of Psalms38 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Psalms38 to see the surrounding context.
“Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 38:20 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 19:4Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
- 1 Samuel 23:5Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.
- 1 Samuel 23:12So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 25:16They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.
- 1 Samuel 25:21Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
- Psalms 7:4if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
- Psalms 25:19Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.
- Psalms 35:12They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
- Psalms 35:19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
- Psalms 109:3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
- Psalms 142:7Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.
- Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
- Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- John 10:32But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
- 1 Peter 3:13Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
- 1 Peter 3:17For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
- 1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
- 1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
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