Psalms 28:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.”
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“Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 28:4 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 3:39And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
- Ezra 9:13After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalms 5:10Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.
- Psalms 21:10You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.
- Psalms 59:12By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
- Psalms 62:12and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
- Psalms 69:22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
- Psalms 103:3He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
- Psalms 103:10He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.
- Psalms 109:17The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
- Jeremiah 18:21Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
- Lamentations 3:64You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
- Ezekiel 38:10This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
- Romans 2:6God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
- Romans 11:22Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
- 2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
- Revelation 18:6Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
- Revelation 22:12“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.
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