Proverbs 17:13

The Message

Those who return evil for good will meet their own evil returning.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:21

Disaster entraps sinners, but God-loyal people get a good life.

Matthew 27:25

The crowd answered, “We’ll take the blame, we and our children after us.”

Matthew 27:5

Judas threw the silver coins into the Temple and left. Then he went out and hung himself.

Romans 12:17

Don’t hit back; discover beauty in everyone. If you’ve got it in you, get along with everybody. Don’t insist on getting even; that’s not for you to do. “I’ll do the judging,” says God. “I’ll take care of it.”

1 Samuel 19:4

Jonathan brought up David with his father, speaking well of him. “Please,” he said to his father, “don’t attack David. He hasn’t wronged you, has he? And just look at all the good he has done! He put his life on the line when he killed the Philistine. What a great victory God gave Israel that day! You were there. You saw it and were on your feet applauding with everyone else. So why would you even think of sinning against an innocent person, killing David for no reason whatever?”