Proverbs 17:13

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Evil will not depart from the house of one who returns evil for good.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:10

Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, for you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

1 Kings 21:22

and 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 provoked me to anger and have caused Israel to sin.

Psalm 35:12

They repay me evil for good; my soul is forlorn.

Psalm 38:20

Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.

Proverbs 13:21

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

Matthew 27:25

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

Matthew 27:5

Throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.

Romans 12:17

Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.

1 Samuel 19:4

Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul, saying to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you and because his deeds have been of good service to you,

1 Samuel 24:17

He said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.

1 Samuel 25:21

Now David had said, “Surely it was in vain that I protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, but he has returned me evil for good.