Proverbs 17:13

Who so rewardeth euill for good, euil shall not depart from his house.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

In Context

12It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole [trusting] in his foolishnesse.

14The beginning of strife is, as when a man maketh an issue for water: therfore leaue of before the contention be medled with.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:25Then aunswered all the people, and sayde: His blood be on vs, and on our chyldren.

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 →

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