Proverbs 17:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹¹ An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ An evil man seeketh only rebellion: Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a stern and pitiless messenger shall be sent against him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Evil people seek only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ The evil one continually seeks conflicts. But a cruel Angel shall be sent against him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be sent against him.

Proverbs 17:11 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:12

And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

2 Samuel 18:15

And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

2 Samuel 18:19

Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.

2 Samuel 20:1

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

2 Samuel 20:22

Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. And he blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

1 Kings 2:31

And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.

1 Kings 2:46

So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Proverbs 17:12

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: And meddle not with them that are given to change:

Matthew 21:41

They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

Matthew 22:7

But the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

Luke 19:27

Howbeit these mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.