1 Samuel 24:17
He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.
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1 Samuel 24:17
He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.
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1 Samuel 24:16
It came to pass, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” Saul lifted up his voice and wept.
1 Samuel 24:17
He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.
1 Samuel 24:18
You have declared today how you have dealt well with me, because when Yahweh had delivered me up into your hand, you didn’t kill me.
1 Samuel 24:19
For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed? Therefore may Yahweh reward you good for that which you have done to me today.
1 Samuel 24:20
Now, behold, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.
1 Samuel 24:21
Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh that you will not cut off my offspring after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father’s house.”
1 Samuel 26:21
Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”
1 Samuel 26:25
Then Saul said to David, “You are blessed, my son David. You will both do mightily, and will surely prevail.” So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.
Genesis 33:4
Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.
Ruth 1:10
They said to her, “No, but we will return with you to your people.”
1 Samuel 24:4
David’s men said to him, “Behold, the day of which Yahweh said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.’ ” Then David arose and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe secretly.
1 Samuel 24:7
So David checked his men with these words, and didn’t allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
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1 Samuel 24:10
Behold, today your eyes have seen how Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is Yahweh’s anointed.’
1 Samuel 24:11
Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe and didn’t kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.
1 Samuel 24:12
May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you.
1 Samuel 24:13
As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness;’ but my hand will not be on you.
1 Samuel 24:14
Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?
1 Samuel 24:15
May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.”
Psalms 7:3
Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,
Psalms 7:4
if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
Psalms 7:5
let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
Psalms 18:20
Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.
John 15:25
But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
1 Samuel 20:1
David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”
1 Samuel 25:28
Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights Yahweh’s battles. Evil will not be found in you all your days.
1 Samuel 26:18
He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?
Psalms 69:4
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
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Genesis 38:26
Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew her again no more.
Ezekiel 16:52
You also bear your own shame yourself, in that you have given judgment for your sisters; through your sins that you have committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous than you. Yes, be also confounded, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your sisters.
Habakkuk 1:13
You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
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Exodus 9:27
Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
Matthew 27:4
saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”
Numbers 22:34
Balaam said to Yahweh’s angel, “I have sinned; for I didn’t know that you stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again.”
1 Samuel 15:24
Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
1 Samuel 15:30
Then he said, “I have sinned; yet please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.”
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Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
Proverbs 25:21
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
Proverbs 25:22
for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you.
Romans 12:20
Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”
Romans 12:21
Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
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Psalms 7:6
Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
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Psalms 35:12
They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
Psalms 109:5
They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Proverbs 17:13
Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Jeremiah 18:20
Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
John 10:32
Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”
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