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.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
19Give heed to me, LORD, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
Cross References
Genesis 18:22The men turned from there, and went towards Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
Job 6:27Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
Psalms 35:7For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
Psalms 38:20They who give evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
Psalms 106:23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them.
Psalms 109:5They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 18:19-23
Conduct of Persecutors; Prophetic Imprecations. ( b. c. 600.) 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. 19 Give heed to me, O Lord , and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before… Read the whole commentary →