Proverbs 17:13
He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
In Context
12It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:2And the Philistines fell upon Saul, and upon his sons, and they slew Jonathan, and Abinadab and Melchisua the sons of Saul.
2 Samuel 21:1And there was a famine in the days of David for three years successively: and David consulted the oracle of the Lord. And the Lord said: It is for Saul, and his bloody house, because he slew the Gabaonites.
Psalms 38:20But my enemies live, and are stronger that I : and they hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Psalms 109:4Instead of making me a return of love, they detracted me: but I gave myself to prayer.
Jeremiah 18:20Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, so speak good for them, and turn away thy indignation from them.
Matthew 27:25And the whole people answering, said: His blood be upon us and 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 →