Proverbs 24:17

Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.

They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

The Philistines took God’s ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.

All the people came to urge David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun goes down.”

He struck the Philistines to Gaza and its borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him

lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;” lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.

But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.

who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,

Now many nations have assembled against you, that say, “Let her be defiled, and let our eye gloat over Zion.”

I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,

They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at Abner’s grave; and all the people wept.

David commanded his young men, and they killed them, cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in Abner’s grave in Hebron.

He went out and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcass, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a good day, and a day of sending presents of food to one another.

Many there are who say of my soul, “There is no help for him in God.”

For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants’ blood is being poured out.

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God, now?”

All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

The nursing child will play near a cobra’s hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.

The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.

All that pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth’?”

They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.

Tell the children of Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord Yahweh! The Lord Yahweh says, “Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity:

As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you. You will be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’ ”

But don’t look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don’t rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don’t speak proudly in the day of distress.

This they will have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Yahweh of Armies.

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’

came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

Yahweh your God will put all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.

They went out into the field, harvested their vineyards, trod the grapes, celebrated, and went into the house of their god and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together. Then the young lady’s father said to the man, “Please be pleased to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.”

“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.

Absalom commanded his servants, saying, “Mark now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant!”

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”

Men will clap their hands at him, and will hiss him out of his place.

this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.

I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.

Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.

For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

Howl, gate! Cry, city! You are melted away, Philistia, all of you; for smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

“The Lord Yahweh says: ‘Strike with your hand, and stamp with your foot, and say, “Alas!” Because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they will fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

“ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because the Philistines have taken revenge, and have taken vengeance with contempt of soul to destroy with perpetual hostility;”

therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “Surely in the fire of my jealousy I have spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land to themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.” ’

Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, “Spare your people, Yahweh, and don’t give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”

There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn’t felt your endless cruelty?

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.

The lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.”

When their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson, that he may entertain us.” They called for Samson out of the prison; and he performed before them. They set him between the pillars;

They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.

As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”

Don’t rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent’s root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.

For the Lord Yahweh says: “Because you have clapped your hands, stamped with the feet, and rejoiced with all the contempt of your soul against the land of Israel;

See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all.

Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.