Proverbs 17:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.”
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BSBPD
“If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 17:13 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 24:17and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
- 1 Samuel 31:2The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
- 2 Samuel 12:10Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
- 2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
- Psalms 35:12They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
- Psalms 38:20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
- Psalms 55:12For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
- Psalms 109:4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
- Psalms 109:5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
- Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
- Matthew 27:5So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
- Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
- Romans 12:17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
- 1 Peter 3:9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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