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Proverbs 17:11
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An evil person desires only rebellion;a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
A rebellious person seeks only evil, So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Disobedient people look only for trouble, so a cruel messenger will be sent against them.
A rebellious man seeks only evil; Therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
A sedicious person seeketh onely euill, and a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
A rebellious man seeks only evil,So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Cruel people want to rebel, and so vicious attackers will be sent against them.
An evil person seeks only rebellion, but a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion; but a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
A quarrelsome man seeks mischief; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Death will come like a cruel messenger to wicked people who are always stirring up trouble.
An evil person will seek only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Rebellion seeks evil, so a cruel messenger is sent against him.
A sedicious personne seketh myschefe, but a cruell messaunger shal be sent agaynst him.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An uncontrolled man is only looking for trouble, so a cruel servant will be sent against him.
A rebellious man seeketh only evil; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An euill man seeketh onely rebellion; therefore a cruell messenger shall be sent against him.
A seditious person seketh mischiefe, and a cruell messenger shalbe sent agaynst hym.
Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Euere an yuel man sekith stryues; forsothe a cruel aungel schal be sent ayens hym.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Evil people are eager for rebellion, but they will be severely punished.
A man who will not obey looks only for what is bad. So one who has no loving-pity will be sent against him.
Evil people seek only rebellion, but a cruel messenger will be sent against them.
Nothing less than rebellion, doth a wicked man seek, and, a relentless messenger, shall be sent out against him.
An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.
Criminals out looking for nothing but trouble won't have to wait long—they'll meet it coming and going!
A rebellious man seeks only evil, So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
2 Samuel 15:12, 2 Samuel 16:5-9, 2 Samuel 18:15, 2 Samuel 18:19, 2 Samuel 20:1, 2 Samuel 20:22, 1 Kings 2:24, 1 Kings 2:25, 1 Kings 2:31, 1 Kings 2:46, Matthew 21:41, Matthew 22:7, Luke 19:27
Reciprocal: Proverbs 11:27 - he that seeketh Proverbs 16:14 - messengers Proverbs 26:17 - passeth 1 Peter 2:13 - General
Cross-References
And Ishmael, his son, was 13 years old when he was circumcised.
Also, on that day all the men in Abraham's house were circumcised. All the slaves born in his house and all the slaves he had bought were circumcised.
But Zipporah took a flint knife and circumcised her son. She took the skin and touched his feet. Then she said to Moses, "You are a bridegroom of blood to me."
If a foreigner living among you wants to share in the Lord 's Passover, he must be circumcised. Then he can share in the meal like any other citizen of Israel. But a man who is not circumcised cannot eat the Passover meal.
"Stop being stubborn. Give your hearts to God.
So Joshua made knives from flint rocks and circumcised the men of Israel at Gibeath Haaraloth.
David sent messengers to Saul's son Ish Bosheth. David said, "Give me my wife Michal. She was promised to me. I killed 100 Philistines to get her."
"God made an agreement with Abraham; the sign for this agreement was circumcision. And so when Abraham had a son, he circumcised him when he was eight days old. His son's name was Isaac. Isaac also circumcised his son Jacob. And Jacob did the same for his sons, who became the twelve great ancestors of our people.
Abraham was circumcised later to show that God accepted him. His circumcision was proof that he was right with God through faith before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the father of all those who believe but are not circumcised. They believe and are accepted as people who are right with God.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion,.... For he seeks nothing but what is evil; and all sin is rebellion against God, a contempt of his laws, and a transgression of them; a trampling upon his legislative power and authority; an act of hostility against him, and a casting off allegiance to him. Or rather the words may be rendered, "rebellion", that is, "the rebellious man", so the Targum, the abstract for the concrete, "verily" or "only seeketh evil" m; a man that is rebellious against his prince, that is of a rebellious disposition, is continually seeking to do mischief in the commonwealth; he is continually plotting and contriving destructive schemes, and stirring up sedition, and causing trouble; and so a rebel against God is always seeking that which is sinful, which is evil in its own nature, and contrary to the law and will of God; and in the issue brings the evil of punishment on himself;
therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him: if a rebel against his lawful sovereign, a messenger shall be sent by him to take him into custody, who will show him no mercy; or an executioner to dispatch him, who will not spare to perform his orders: and if a rebel against God, some judgment of God shall fall upon him in a very severe manner; or his own conscience shall accuse him, and shall be filled with dreadful apprehensions of divine vengeance; or Satan, the angel of death, shall be let loose upon him, to terrify or destroy him; or death itself, which spares none. The Septuagint and Arabic versions ascribe this to God as his act, rendering it, "the Lord shall send", c. and so Aben Ezra who also refers the former clause to him, and gives it as the sense of it; that he shall seek to do the rebellious man evil, inflict on him the evil of punishment for the evil of sin.
m אך מרי יבקש רע "profecto rebellio quaeret malum", Montanus; so Schultens, Piscator, Tigurine version, Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The proverb expresses the reverence of the East for the supreme authority of the king. The “cruel messenger” is probably the king’s officer despatched to subdue and punish. The Septuagint renders it: “The Lord will send a pitiless Angel.”
