13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
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For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. …
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
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: …
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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 kin…
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