Proverbs 17:13
Whoso bestoweth evil in return for good—evil shall not depart from his house.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
In Context
12A man may meet a she-bear robbed of her whelps, but not a fool in his folly.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:2And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malkishua', the sons of Saul.
2 Samuel 21:1And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David besought the presence of the Lord. And the Lord said, On account of Saul, and on account of the house of blood, is this; because he hath slain the Gib'onites.
Psalms 38:20(38:21) They also that repay [me] evil in lieu of good; they hate me bitterly because I pursue what is good.
Psalms 109:4In recompense for my love are they my accusers, while I have nothing but prayer.
Jeremiah 18:20Shall evil be recompensed instead of good, that they have dug a pit for my life? Remember my standing before thee to speak good concerning them, to cause thy wrath to turn away from them.
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 →