Proverbs 17:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Proverbs 17:13 —

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Cross-References

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Psalms 109:4-13
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. …
Romans 12:17
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
1 Peter 3:9
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Psalms 35:12
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
Psalms 55:12-15
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: …

Topics

Ingratitude Murmuring

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13)

A malicious mischievous man is here represented, 1. As ungrateful to his friends. He oftentimes is so absurd and insensible of kindnesses done him that he renders evil for good. David met with those that were his adversaries for his love, Ps. 109:4. To render evil for evil is brutish, but to render evil for good is devilish. He is an ill-natured man who, because he is resolved not to return a kind…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13. (Compare Psa 7:4; 35:12). evil--injury to another (Pr 13:21).