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1 Samuel 25:21
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1 Samuel 25:21
21Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
21(Now Dauid had said, Surely in vaine haue I kept all that this fellow hath in the wildernesse, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained vnto him: and he hath requited me euil for good.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 25:21
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Certainly, truly, firmly, or without doubt.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Empty, worthless, fruitless, false, or without effect.
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Retained, guarded, observed, or preserved.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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A companion; an associate.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
No thing; not anything; of no value or effect.
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To miss: to fail to hit, reach, notice, find, or obtain.
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To pertain: to belong, relate, or be connected.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Repaid; recompensed; rewarded.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
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Open the full verse study26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
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Open the full verse study31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
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Open the full verse study21Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
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Open the full verse study20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
21For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
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Open the full verse study17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
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Open the full verse study15See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
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Open the full verse study9Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
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Open the full verse study13And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
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Open the full verse study4And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
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Open the full verse study20Shall 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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Open the full verse study8They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
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Open the full verse study3They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
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Open the full verse study12They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
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Open the full verse study8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
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Open the full verse study20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
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