Proverbs 17:13

God's Word

Whoever pays back evil for good— evil will never leave his home.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:10

So warfare will never leave your house because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

1 Kings 21:22

I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam (Nebat’s son) and like the house of Baasha, son of Ahijah, because you made me furious. You led Israel to sin.”

Psalm 35:12

I am devastated because they pay me back with evil instead of good.

Psalm 38:20

They pay me back with evil instead of good, and they accuse me because I try to do what is good.

Proverbs 13:21

Disaster hunts down sinners, but righteous people are rewarded with good.

Matthew 27:25

All the people answered, “The responsibility for killing him will rest on us and our children.”

Matthew 27:5

So he threw the money into the temple, went away, and hanged himself.

Romans 12:17

Don’t pay people back with evil for the evil they do to you. Focus your thoughts on those things that are considered noble.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

Make sure that no one ever pays back one wrong with another wrong. Instead, always try to do what is good for each other and everyone else.

1 Peter 3:9

Don’t pay people back with evil for the evil they do to you, or ridicule those who ridicule you. Instead, bless them, because you were called to inherit a blessing.

1 Samuel 19:4

So Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul. “You should not commit a sin against your servant David,” he said. “He hasn’t sinned against you. Instead, he has done some very fine things for you:

1 Samuel 24:17

He told David, “You are more righteous than I. You treated me well while I treated you badly.

1 Samuel 25:21

David had thought, “I guarded this man’s stuff in the desert for nothing! Not one of his possessions was missing. Yet, he has paid me back with evil when I was good to him.