Jeremiah 18:20

Prayer Integrity

¹⁸ Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

¹⁹ Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

Shall 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.

²¹ Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

²² Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: Shall 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.
WEB: Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
ASV: Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
DARBY: Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
BLB: Shall evil be repaid for good? Yet they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before You to speak good for them, to turn away Your wrath from them.

ÅB: Skal en gjengjelde godt med ondt? For de har gravd en grav for mitt liv. Kom i hu at jeg sto for ditt åsyn og talte godt for dem for å vende din vrede bort fra dem!
OTB: Skal godt gjengjeldes med ondt? For de har gravd en grop for meg. Husk hvordan jeg sto foran Deg for å tale på deres vegne, for å vende Din vrede bort fra dem.
B1930: Skal en gjengjelde godt med ondt? For de har gravd en grav for mitt liv. Kom i hu at jeg stod for ditt åsyn og talte godt for dem for å vende din vrede bort fra dem!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 35:7
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
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Psalms 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
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Psalms 106:23
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
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Psalms 35:12
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
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1 Samuel 24:17–19
And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
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Psalms 109:4–5
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
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Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
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Proverbs 26:27
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
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