Proverbs 17:13
If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
In Context
14The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:2And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and they put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
2 Samuel 21:1In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, because he put the Gibeonites to death.
Psalms 38:20\38:19\But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.
Psalms 109:4For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.
Jeremiah 18:20Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.
Matthew 27:25And all the people made answer and said, Let his blood be on us, and on our children.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:13
Weighty Sayings. 12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. Note, 1. A passionate man is a brutish man. However at other times he may have some wisdom, take him in his passion ungoverned, and he is a fool in his folly; those are fools in whose bosom anger rests and in whose countenance anger rages. He has put off man, and is become like a bear, a raging bear, a bear robbed of her whelps; he is as fond of the gratifications of his lusts and passions as a bear of her whelps… Read the whole commentary →