Proverbs 17:13

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from his house.

Cross References

Romans 12:17

Do not repay anyone evil for evil.  Give careful thought to do what is honourable  in everyone’s eyes.

1 Peter 3:9

not paying back evil for evil  or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing,  since you were called for this, so that you may inherit a blessing.

2 Samuel 12:10

Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house  because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hethite to be your own wife.”

1 Samuel 24:17

and said to David, ‘You are more righteous than I, for you have done what is good to me though I have done what is evil to you.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See to it that no one repays evil for evil  to anyone,  but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

Matthew 27:5

So he threw the silver into the temple  and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

Matthew 27:25

All the people answered, ‘His blood be on us  and on our children! ’

1 Samuel 19:4

Jonathan spoke well of David to his father, Saul. He said to him, ‘The king should not sin against his servant David.  He hasn’t sinned against you; in fact, his actions have been a great advantage to you.

1 Samuel 25:21

David had just said, ‘I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness for nothing. He was not missing anything, yet he paid me back evil for good.

1 Kings 21:22

I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam  son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha  son of Ahijah, because you have angered me and caused Israel to sin.”

Proverbs 13:21

Disaster pursues sinners, but good rewards the righteous.