Proverbs 17:13

In 11 translations

BSB

If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.

KJV

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

WEB

Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

ASV

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.

LSV

Whoever is returning evil for good, || Evil does not move from his house.

YLT

Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.

DBY

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

DRC

He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

GNV

He that rewardeth euil for good, euil shall not depart from his house.

JPS

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

LXXE

Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house.

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Original-language editions

WLC

מֵשִׁ֣יב רָ֭עָה תַּ֣חַת טוֹבָ֑ה לֹא־תמיש רָ֝עָ֗ה מִבֵּיתֽוֹ׃Read aloud as (qere): תָמ֥וּשׁ

LXX-Br

Ὃς ἀποδίδωσι κακὰ ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν, οὐ κινηθήσεται κακὰ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 109:4–13In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand. When he is tried, let him be found…
• Psalms 55:12–15For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide. But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend. We shared sweet fellowship…
• Romans 12:17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
• 1 Peter 3:9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
• Psalms 35:12They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
• Psalms 38:20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
• 2 Samuel 12:10Now, therefore, 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 own.’
• Matthew 27:5So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
• Jeremiah 18:20–21Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them. Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the…
• 1 Thessalonians 5:15Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
• 1 Samuel 24:17and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
• Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
• 1 Samuel 31:2–3The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua. When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
• 2 Samuel 21:1–14During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the…

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