Proverbs 17:13
Whoever rewards evil for good, 2 evil shall not depart from his house. 1
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In The King James Version
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
In Context
12Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, 2 rather than a fool in his folly. 1
Cross References
Psalms 38:20They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, 2 because I follow what is good. 1
Psalms 109:4+ 109:4. MP: Messiah will pray for his enemies. (Matt 23:37; Luke 23:34) Making teshuvah ·complete return· for my love, they are my adversaries; 2 but I am in prayer. 1
Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “May 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 →