Proverbs 17:13

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

If you do wrong to those who were good to you, you will have trouble the rest of your life.

Cross References

Romans 12:17

If someone does you wrong, don’t try to pay them back by hurting them. Try to do what everyone thinks is right.

1 Peter 3:9

Don’t do wrong to anyone to pay them back for doing wrong to you. Or don’t insult anyone to pay them back for insulting you. But ask God to bless them. Do this because you yourselves were chosen to receive a blessing.

Psalm 35:12

They pay me back evil for the good I have done. They make me so very sad.

Psalm 38:20

I did nothing but good, and they paid me back with evil. I try to do what is right, but that only makes them turn against me.

2 Samuel 12:10

So your family will never have peace! When you took Uriah’s wife, you showed that you did not respect me.’

1 Samuel 24:17

He said, “You are right, and I am wrong. You were good to me, even though I have been bad to you.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

Be sure that no one pays back wrong for wrong. But always try to do what is good for each other and for all people.

Matthew 27:5

So Judas threw the money into the Temple. Then he went out from there and hanged himself.

Matthew 27:25

The people answered, “We will take full responsibility for his death. You can blame us and even our children!”

1 Samuel 19:4

Jonathan talked to his father Saul. Jonathan said good things about David. He said, “You are the king. David is your servant. David hasn’t done anything wrong to you, so don’t do anything wrong to him. He has always been good to you.

1 Samuel 25:21

David was saying, “I protected Nabal’s property in the desert. I made sure not one of his sheep was missing. I did all that for nothing. I was good to him, but he was rude to me.

1 Kings 21:22

I will destroy your family just as I destroyed the families of King Jeroboam son of Nebat and King Baasha. I will do this to you because you have made me angry and you have caused the Israelites to sin.’

Proverbs 13:21

Trouble chases sinners wherever they go, but good things happen to good people.