Psalms 109:5
They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
BSB
ASV
And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
KJV
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
And they set against me evils in return for goods. And set upon the cross, I kept praying for those who were crucifying me, while they were saying: "Aha, you who destroy the temple, and in three days build it up. Let him save himself. Let the Father who loves you come now and set you free." I rose again from the dead for their sakes, and they say: "His disciples came by night, and stole him away." And hatred in return for my love.
And they have rewarded me evil for good,.... For the good words and sound doctrine he delivered to them; for the good works and miracles he wrought among them, to the healing of them; see Joh 10:32. And hatred for my love; he came to seek and save that which was lost, and yet they hated him, and would not have him to rule over them, Luk 19:10.
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Psalms 38:20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
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They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Do 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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Proverbs 17:13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
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In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
