Jeremiah 18:20
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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In Context
19Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Cross References
Genesis 18:22And the men turned their faces from thence, and went towards Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
Job 6:27Yes, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
Psalms 35:7For without cause they have hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
Psalms 38:20They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that is good.
Psalms 106:23Therefore 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 .
Psalms 109:5And they 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 →