Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, and he has returned me evil for good.
If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.
For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.
Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft.
A senseless, a nameless brood, they have been whipped out of the land.
And David said to his men, “Every man strap on his sword!” And every man of them strapped on his sword. David also strapped on his sword. And about four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred remained with the baggage.
They had gone only a short distance from the city. Now Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?
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