Psalms 38:20

Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

Cross References (15)

  • Psalms 35:12 (10)

    They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

  • 1 John 3:12 (7)

    Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own d

  • Jeremiah 18:20 (7)

    Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their

  • John 10:32 (6)

    But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”

  • 1 Peter 4:14–16 (6)

    If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

  • 1 Samuel 25:21 (5)

    Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs

  • Psalms 109:3–5 (5)

    They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

  • 1 Samuel 19:4–6 (4)

    Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David

  • 1 Peter 3:13 (4)

    Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

  • 1 Peter 3:17–18 (4)

    For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

  • Psalms 7:4 (4)

    if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,

  • 1 Samuel 23:12 (4)

    So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.

  • Matthew 5:10 (4)

    Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

  • 1 Samuel 23:5 (4)

    Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them wi

  • 1 Samuel 25:16 (3)

    They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.