Proverbs 17:13
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
In Context
12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:2And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.
2 Samuel 21:1And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for [his] house of blood, because he slew the Gibeonites.
Psalms 38:20And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.
Psalms 109:4For my love they are mine adversaries; but I [give myself unto] prayer.
Jeremiah 18:20Shall 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.
Matthew 27:25And all the people answering said, 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 →