Proverbs 17:13
Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
World English Bible British
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, rather than a fool in his folly.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:2The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
2 Samuel 21:1There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
Psalms 38:20They who give evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
Psalms 109:4In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
Jeremiah 18:20Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
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 →