Ingratitude
31 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
30 sections
- A Characteristic of the Wicked
- Absalom
- Chief Butler
- Citizens
- David to Joab
- David to Uriah
- David's Companions to David
- Israel
- Israelites to Gideon
- Israelites to Moses
- Jeremiah's Enemies
- Joash
- Laban
- Laban to Jacob
- Men of Keilah
- Men of Keilah to David
- Nabal
- Often Exhibited by Relations
- Often Exhibited by Servants
- Often Exhibited: To Benefactors
- Often Exhibited: To Friends in Distress
- Pharaoh's Butler to Joseph
- Punishment of
- Saints should Avoid the Guilt of
- Saul
- Saul to David
- Shechemites
- should be Met With: Faithfulness
- should be Met With: Persevering Love
- should be Met With: Prayers
A Characteristic of the Wicked
- Psalm 38:20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
- 2 Timothy 3:2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Absalom
- 2 Samuel 15:6 Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
Chief Butler
- Genesis 40:23 The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.
Citizens
- Ecclesiastes 9:14–16 There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it. …
David to Joab
- 1 Kings 2:5–6 Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me— what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with …
David to Uriah
- 2 Samuel 11:6–17 At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David. …
David's Companions to David
- Psalm 35:11–16 Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about. …
- Psalm 38:20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
- Psalm 41:9 Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
- Psalm 109:4–5 In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. …
Israel
- Exodus 17:4 Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”
Israelites to Gideon
- Judges 8:35 They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
Israelites to Moses
- Exodus 16:3 “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
- Exodus 17:2–4 So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?” …
- Numbers 16:12–14 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come! …
Jeremiah's Enemies
- Jeremiah 18:20 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.
Joash
- 2 Chronicles 24:22 Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
Laban
- Genesis 31:6–7 You know that I have served your father with all my strength. …
Laban to Jacob
- Genesis 31:1 Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”
Men of Keilah
- 1 Samuel 23:5 Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.
- 1 Samuel 23:12 So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.
Men of Keilah to David
- 1 Samuel 23:5–12 Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah. …
Nabal
- 1 Samuel 25:5–11 So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name …
- 1 Samuel 25:21 Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
Often Exhibited by Relations
- Job 19:14 My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
Often Exhibited by Servants
- Job 19:15–16 My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight. …
Often Exhibited: To Benefactors
- Psalm 109:5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
- Ecclesiastes 9:15 Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
Often Exhibited: To Friends in Distress
- Psalm 38:11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
Pharaoh's Butler to Joseph
- Genesis 40:23 The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.
Punishment of
- Proverbs 17:13 If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
- Jeremiah 18:20–21 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. …
Saints should Avoid the Guilt of
- Psalm 7:4–5 if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause, …
Saul
- 1 Samuel 24:17 and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
Saul to David
- 1 Samuel 24:1 After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
Shechemites
- Judges 9:17–18 for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian, …
should be Met With: Faithfulness
- Genesis 31:38–42 I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock. …
should be Met With: Persevering Love
- 2 Corinthians 12:15 And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
should be Met With: Prayers
- Psalm 35:12–13 They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul. …
- Psalm 109:4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
Related topics
Ingratitude of Man to GodIngratitude to GodIngratitude of Man to ManEvil for GoodKeilahUriah
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.