Jeremiah 18:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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 behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.”
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“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 behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 18:20 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 18:22And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 24:17and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
- Job 6:27You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.
- Psalms 7:15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
- Psalms 35:7For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- Psalms 35:12They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
- Psalms 38:20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
- Psalms 57:6They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
- Psalms 106:23So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
- Psalms 109:4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
- Psalms 109:5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
- Psalms 119:95The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
- Proverbs 17:13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
- Proverbs 26:27He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
- Jeremiah 7:16As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.
- Jeremiah 11:14As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.
- Jeremiah 14:7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
- Jeremiah 14:20We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
- Jeremiah 17:18Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.
- Jeremiah 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
- Ezekiel 22:30I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.
- Zechariah 3:1Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- John 10:32But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
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