Proverbs 17:13
Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
In Context
12Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils.
14Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:2And the Philistines press closely on Saul and his sons, and the Philistines strike Jonathan, and Aminadab, and Melchisa son of Saul.
2 Samuel 21:1And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, There is + 21:1 Gr. iniquity. guilt upon Saul and his house because of his + 21:1 Lit. the death of his bloods. bloody murder, whereby he killed the Gabaonites.
Psalms 109:4The Lord swore, and will not repent, You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec. 1
Jeremiah 18:20Forasmuch as evil is rewarded for good; for they have spoken words against my soul, and they have hidden the punishment they meant for me; remember that I stood before your face, to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath 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 →