1Sa 19:4-6, 2Ch 24:20-22, Psa 35:12, 109:4-5, Ecc 4:4, 1Jo 3:12 | ESV | STEP | And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant David , because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have brought good to you.

1 Samuel 19:4-6

4 And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Let not the king ^asin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have brought good to you. 5 For ^bhe took his life in his hand ^cand he struck down the Philistine, ^dand the Lord worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against ^einnocent blood by killing David without cause?” 6 And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan. Saul swore, ^f“As the Lord lives, he shall not be put to death.”

2 Chronicles 24:20-22

Joash’s Treachery

20 ^gThen the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah ^hthe son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ⁱ‘Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? ^jBecause you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.’” 21 But ^kthey conspired against him, ^land by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see ^mand avenge!” ^{▼▼Hebrew and seek}

Psalms 35:12

12 ^oThey repay me evil for good;
my soul is bereft. ^{▼▼Hebrew it is bereavement to my soul}

Psalms 109:4-5

4 In return for my love they ^qaccuse me,
but I ^rgive myself to prayer. ^{▼▼Hebrew but I am prayer}
5 So they ^treward me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is ^uvanity ^{▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verses 7, 8, 16 (see note on 1:2)} and a striving after wind.

1 John 3:12

12 We should not be like ^wCain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? ^xBecause his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.