Proverbs 17:13
Whoever rewards evil for good,evil shall not depart from his house.
New Heart English Bible
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 followed hard on Saul and on his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
2 Samuel 21:1There was a famine in the days of David 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 to death the Gibeonites."
Psalms 38:20They who also render evil for good are 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 18:20Shall 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 →