Psa 38:20, Song 1:6, Mat 5:10-12, 10:22, Luk 6:22-23, Joh 9:34 | ESV | STEP | Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good .

i[See ver. 3 above]

j Heb. 11:26; 1 Pet. 4:14

k John 15:21

l Acts 5:41; Rom. 5:3; 2 Cor. 12:10; Col. 1:11, 24; Heb. 10:34; James 1:2; 1 Pet. 4:13

mSee ch. 21:35

n ch. 24:9; John 15:18-21

o ch. 24:13; Mark 13:13; [Dan. 12:12, 13; James 5:11; Rev. 2:10]; See Heb. 3:6

pSee Matt. 10:22

q[John 9:22; 12:42; 16:2]

r Heb. 11:26; 1 Pet. 4:14

s John 15:21

tSee Matt. 5:12

uSee Matt. 21:35

v[ver. 2]

w[ver. 22]

Psalms 38:20

20 Those who ^arender me evil for good
^baccuse me because I ^cfollow after good.

Song of Solomon 1:6

6 Do not gaze at me because I am dark,
because the sun has looked upon me.
My ^dmother’s sons were angry with me;
they made me ^ekeeper of ^fthe vineyards,
but ^gmy own vineyard I have not kept!

Matthew 5:10-12

10 ^h“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for ⁱtheirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 ^j“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely ^kon my account. 12 ^lRejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for ^mso they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Matthew 10:22

22 ⁿand you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. ^oBut the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Luke 6:22-23

22 “Blessed are you when ^ppeople hate you and when they ^qexclude you and revile you and ^rspurn your name as evil, ^son account of the Son of Man! 23 ^tRejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for ^uso their fathers did to the prophets.

John 9:34

34 They answered him, ^v“You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they ^wcast him out.