Proverbs 17:13
Whoso returneth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
In Context
12Let a man meet a bear robbed of her whelps, Rather than a fool in his folly.
Cross References
Psalms 38:20They who repay good with evil are my enemies, Because I follow that which is good.
Psalms 109:4For my love they are my adversaries: But I give myself unto prayer.
Jeremiah 18:20Shall evil be returned for good? For they have digged a pit for me. Remember how I have stood before thee, To announce good to them, And to turn away thy wrath from them!
Matthew 27:25And all the people answering said, His blood be 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 →