"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."
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And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.
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.
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.
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.
Shall 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.
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.