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Proverbs Chapter 17 verse 13 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 17:13

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
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BBE Proverbs 17:13

If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.
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DARBY Proverbs 17:13

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
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KJV Proverbs 17:13

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
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WBT Proverbs 17:13


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WEB Proverbs 17:13

Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
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YLT Proverbs 17:13

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - Whoso rewardeth evil for good. This was David's complaint of the churlish Nabal (1 Samuel 25:21). Ingratitude shall surely he punished. Evil shall not depart from his house. Terribly has the ingratitude of the Jews been visited. They cried in their madness, "His blood be on us and on our children!" and their punishment is still going on. Injunctions on this subject are frequent in the New Testament (see Matthew 5:39; Romans 12:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; 1 Peter 3:9). The Talmud says, "Do not throw a stone into the well whose waters you have drunk." The Greeks felt the sting of ingratitude. Thus Leiodes complains to Ulysses ('Od.,' 22:319) - Ὡς οὐκ ἔστι χάρις μετόπισθ εὐεργέων Two sayings of Publius Syrus are quoted ('Sent.,' vv. 219, 274): "Ingratus unus omnibus miseris nocet;" "Malignos fieri maxime ingrati docent."

Ellicott's Commentary