Cross references

Psalm 38:20

Those who repay my good with evil

attack me for pursuing the good.

Psalm 38:20 BSB

Psalm 38:20 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 35:12 (10 votes) and Jeremiah 18:20 (7 votes). 13 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from 1 Samuel 19 to 1 John 3.

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Which verses does Psalm 38:20 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Psalm 35:1210 votes

    They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

  2. Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.

  3. Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

  4. John 10:326 votes

    But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”

  5. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler. …

  6. Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.

  7. They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. …

  8. Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you. He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?” …

  9. Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.

  10. So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.

  11. Psalm 7:44 votes

Which verses point to Psalm 38:20?

The 10 strongest of 13.