Bible Verses About No Good Deed Will Go Unpunished
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for no good deed will go unpunished, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 643 votes, led by 1 Peter 2:20-21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about No Good Deed Will Go Unpunished
1 Peter 2:20-21123 votes
For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
John 10:3284 votes
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
Hebrews 6:1060 votes
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Matthew 5:4551 votes
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Romans 5:339 votes
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
John 3:16-1735 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Proverbs 11:2132 votes
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
James 1:2-423 votes
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
2 Samuel 10:1-1921 votes
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
Psalms 37:1-4019 votes
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Colossians 1:2418 votes
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
Proverbs 16:515 votes
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Philippians 2:815 votes
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Exodus 23:213 votes
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
Habakkuk 2:312 votes
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Genesis 1:111 votes
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Isaiah 5:2011 votes
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Ephesians 2:8-1011 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Matthew 5:10-1210 votes
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Philippians 2:1310 votes
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Colossians 3:1710 votes
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Hebrews 10:35-3710 votes
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
Revelation 1:110 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
What does the Bible say about no good deed will go unpunished?
Readers most often cite 1 Peter 2:20-21 on the subject of no good deed will go unpunished. Across 643 votes, 23 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including John 10:32, Hebrews 6:10, Matthew 5:45. This page lists all 23 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.