Psalms 109:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.”
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BSBPD
“They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 109:5 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 44:4They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
- 1 Samuel 19:5He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
- 2 Samuel 15:12While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
- 2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
- 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 55:12For 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.
- Proverbs 17:13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
- 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.
- Mark 14:44Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The One I kiss is the man; arrest Him and lead Him away securely.”
- Luke 6:16Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
- Luke 22:47While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him.
- John 13:18I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
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