Gen 44:4
{And} 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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Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
They rewarded me evil for good {to} the spoiling of my soul. {spoiling: Heb. depriving}
So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
And he said to David, Thou {art} more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Behold, {I say, how} they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this {is} the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
Now 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.
Behold, {I say, how} they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring {these} men home, and slay, and make ready; for {these} men shall dine with me at noon. {slay: Heb. kill a killing} {dine: Heb. eat}
And Joseph said unto them, What deed {is} this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? {divine: or, make trial?}
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for {as for} this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?