Proverbs 17:13
Whoever is returning evil for good, || Evil does not move from his house.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
In Context
12The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, || And—not a fool in his folly.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:2and the Philistines follow Saul and his sons, and the Philistines strike Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
2 Samuel 21:1And there is a famine in the days of David [for] three years, year after year, and David seeks the face of YHWH, and YHWH says, “[This is] for Saul and for the bloody house, because that he put the Gibeonites to death.”
Psalms 38:20And those paying evil for good accuse me, || Because of my pursuing good.
Psalms 109:4For my love they oppose me, and I—prayer!
Jeremiah 18:20Is evil repaid instead of good, || That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before You to speak good of them, || To turn back Your wrath from them.
Matthew 27:25and all the people answering said, “His blood [is] 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 →