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Proverbs 17:13
If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.
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Christian Standard Bible®
If anyone returns evil for good,evil will never depart from his house.
If anyone returns evil for good,evil will never depart from his house.
Hebrew Names Version
Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
King James Version
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
English Standard Version
If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
New American Standard Bible
One who returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.
One who returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.
New Century Version
Whoever gives evil in return for good will always have trouble at home.
Whoever gives evil in return for good will always have trouble at home.
Amplified Bible
Whoever returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.
Whoever returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.
World English Bible
Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He that rewardeth euil for good, euil shall not depart from his house.
He that rewardeth euil for good, euil shall not depart from his house.
Legacy Standard Bible
He who returns evil for good,Evil will not depart from his house.
He who returns evil for good,Evil will not depart from his house.
Berean Standard Bible
If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
Contemporary English Version
You will always have trouble if you are mean to those who are good to you.
You will always have trouble if you are mean to those who are good to you.
Complete Jewish Bible
Evil will not depart from the house of him who returns evil for good.
Evil will not depart from the house of him who returns evil for good.
Darby Translation
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Easy-to-Read Version
If you do wrong to those who were good to you, you will have trouble the rest of your life.
If you do wrong to those who were good to you, you will have trouble the rest of your life.
George Lamsa Translation
He who rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
He who rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Good News Translation
If you repay good with evil, you will never get evil out of your house.
If you repay good with evil, you will never get evil out of your house.
Lexham English Bible
For he who returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
For he who returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
Literal Translation
Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who so rewardeth euell for good, the plage shal not departe fro his house.
Who so rewardeth euell for good, the plage shal not departe fro his house.
American Standard Version
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
King James Version (1611)
Whoso rewardeth euill for good, euill shall not depart from his house.
Whoso rewardeth euill for good, euill shall not depart from his house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Who so rewardeth euill for good, euil shall not depart from his house.
Who so rewardeth euill for good, euil shall not depart from his house.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house.
Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house.
English Revised Version
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Yuel schal not go a wei fro the hous of hym, that yeldith yuels for goodis.
Yuel schal not go a wei fro the hous of hym, that yeldith yuels for goodis.
Update Bible Version
Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
Webster's Bible Translation
Whoever rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Whoever rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
New English Translation
As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.
As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.
New King James Version
Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.
Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.
New Living Translation
If you repay good with evil, evil will never leave your house.
If you repay good with evil, evil will never leave your house.
New Life Bible
If a man returns bad for good, trouble will not leave his house.
If a man returns bad for good, trouble will not leave his house.
New Revised Standard
Evil will not depart from the house of one who returns evil for good.
Evil will not depart from the house of one who returns evil for good.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He that returneth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
He that returneth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Revised Standard Version
If a man returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
If a man returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.
Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.
THE MESSAGE
Those who return evil for good will meet their own evil returning.
Those who return evil for good will meet their own evil returning.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He who returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.
He who returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.
Contextual Overview
13 If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
1 Samuel 24:17, 1 Samuel 31:2, 1 Samuel 31:3, 2 Samuel 21:1-14, Psalms 35:12, Psalms 38:20, Psalms 55:12-15, Psalms 109:4-13, Jeremiah 18:20, Jeremiah 18:21, Matthew 27:5, Matthew 27:25, Romans 12:17, 1 Thessalonians 5:15, 1 Peter 3:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 44:4 - Wherefore 1 Samuel 19:4 - because his works 1 Samuel 25:21 - he hath requited 1 Chronicles 10:14 - he slew 2 Chronicles 20:11 - how they reward us 2 Chronicles 24:22 - but slew his son Psalms 109:5 - they Proverbs 20:22 - I Jeremiah 37:18 - General
Cross-References
Genesis 14:14
And Abram, hearing that his brother's son had been made a prisoner, took a band of his trained men, three hundred and eighteen of them, sons of his house, and went after them as far as Dan.
And Abram, hearing that his brother's son had been made a prisoner, took a band of his trained men, three hundred and eighteen of them, sons of his house, and went after them as far as Dan.
Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.
And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.
Genesis 37:27
Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.
Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.
Genesis 37:36
And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.
And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.
Genesis 39:1
Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar the Egyptian, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house, got him for a price from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar the Egyptian, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house, got him for a price from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
Exodus 12:44
But every man's servant, whom he has got for money, may take of it, when he has had circumcision.
But every man's servant, whom he has got for money, may take of it, when he has had circumcision.
Exodus 21:2
If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.
If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.
Exodus 21:4
If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.
If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.
Exodus 21:16
Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.
Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.
Nehemiah 5:5
But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children: and now we are giving our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants, and some of our daughters are servants even now: and we have no power to put a stop to it; for other men have our fields and our vine-gardens.
But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children: and now we are giving our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants, and some of our daughters are servants even now: and we have no power to put a stop to it; for other men have our fields and our vine-gardens.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Whoso rewardeth evil for good,.... As the enemies of David and Christ rewarded them, Psalms 35:12; this is base ingratitude, contrary to the law and light of nature; worse than beastly, is really devilish;
evil shall not depart from his house; from him and his family; they shall be continually visited with one disease and calamity or another; so hateful and offensive is the sin of ingratitude to God, and therefore ought to be carefully avoided. This might be illustrated by the judgments of God on the nation of the Jews, for their ingratitude to Christ.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 17:13. Whoso rewardeth evil for good — Here is a most awful warning. As many persons are guilty of the sin of ingratitude, and of paying kindness with unkindness, and good with evil, it is no wonder we find so much wretchedness among men; for God's word cannot fail; evil shall not depart from the houses and families of such persons.
