Proverbs 17:13

Modern English Version

He who rewards evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:10

Now 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 wife.

1 Kings 21:22

and will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger and made Israel to sin.’

Psalm 35:12

They repay me evil for good, to the sorrow of my soul.

Psalm 38:20

Those who render evil for good attack me because I pursue good.

Proverbs 13:21

Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.

Matthew 27:25

Then all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

Matthew 27:5

So he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed. And he went and hanged himself.

Romans 12:17

Repay no one evil for evil. Commend what is honest in the sight of all men.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone. But always seek to do good to one another and to all.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil, or curse for curse, but on the contrary, bless, knowing that to this you are called, so that you may receive a blessing.

1 Samuel 19:4

Jonathan spoke positively of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Do not let the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have been very good toward you.

1 Samuel 24:17

And he said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, while I have rewarded you with evil.

1 Samuel 25:21

Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I guarded all that this man has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him. And he has returned me evil for good.