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Proverbs 17:13

מֵשִׁיב רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה לֹא ־ תמיש רָעָה מִבֵּיתֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

In Context

12פָּגוֹשׁ דֹּב שַׁכּוּל בְּאִישׁ וְאַל ־ כְּסִיל בְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ ׃

14פּוֹטֵֽר מַיִם רֵאשִׁית מָדוֹן וְלִפְנֵי הִתְגַּלַּע הָרִיב נְטֽוֹשׁ ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 31:2וַיַּדְבְּקוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים אֶת ־ שָׁאוּל וְאֶת ־ בָּנָיו וַיַּכּוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים אֶת ־ יְהוֹנָתָן וְאֶת ־ אֲבִינָדָב וְאֶת ־ מַלְכִּי ־ שׁוּעַ בְּנֵי שָׁאֽוּל ׃

2 Samuel 21:1וַיְהִי רָעָב בִּימֵי דָוִד שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים שָׁנָה אַחֲרֵי שָׁנָה וַיְבַקֵּשׁ דָּוִד אֶת ־ פְּנֵי יְהוָה ס וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ שָׁאוּל וְאֶל ־ בֵּית הַדָּמִים עַל ־ אֲשֶׁר ־ הֵמִית אֶת ־ הַגִּבְעֹנִֽים ׃

Psalms 38:20וְֽאֹיְבַי חַיִּים עָצֵמוּ וְרַבּוּ שֹׂנְאַי שָֽׁקֶר ׃

Psalms 109:4תַּֽחַת ־ אַהֲבָתִי יִשְׂטְנוּנִי וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּֽה ׃

Jeremiah 18:20הַיְשֻׁלַּם תַּֽחַת ־ טוֹבָה רָעָה כִּֽי ־ כָרוּ שׁוּחָה לְנַפְשִׁי זְכֹר ׀ עָמְדִי לְפָנֶיךָ לְדַבֵּר עֲלֵיהֶם טוֹבָה לְהָשִׁיב אֶת ־ חֲמָתְךָ מֵהֶֽם ׃

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 →

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