Proverbs 17:13
He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 slow the Gabaonites.
Psalms 109:4The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.
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, to speak good for them, and to turn away thy indignation from them. Remember, etc... This is spoken in the person of Christ, persecuted by the Jews, and prophetically denouncing the evils that should fall upon them in punishment of their crimes.
Matthew 27:25And the whole people answering, said: His blood be upon us and upon 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 →