Proverbs 17:13
Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Updated King James Version
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 whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:2And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons.
2 Samuel 21:1Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
Psalms 38:20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
Psalms 109:4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
Jeremiah 18:20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them.
Matthew 27:25Then answered all the people, and 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 →