1 Samuel 25:21
And David said: Truly in vain have I kept all that belonged to this man in the wilderness, and nothing was lost of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 44:4And when they were now departed out of the city, and had gone forward a little way; Joseph sendingfor the steward of his house, said: Arise, and pursue after the men: and when thou hast overtaken them, say to them: Why have you returned evil for good?
Job 30:8The children of foolish and base men, and not appearing at all upon the earth.
Psalms 37:8Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.
Psalms 109:3They have spoken against with deceitful tongues; and they have compassed me about with words of hatred; and have fought against me without cause.
Jeremiah 18:20Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, so speak good for them, and turn away thy indignation from them.
Ephesians 4:26Be angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:19-32
Abigail Meets David. ( b. c. 1057.) 18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. 19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. 20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down… Read the whole commentary →