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Proverbs 17:11
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Evil people are eager for rebellion, but they will be severely punished.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Disobedient people look only for trouble, so a cruel messenger will be sent against them.
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
A rebellious man seeks only evil; Therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Euere an yuel man sekith stryues; forsothe a cruel aungel schal be sent ayens hym.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall 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 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.
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.
Those who are evil only want to cause trouble. In the end, punishment without mercy will be sent to them.
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 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.
A sedicious person seeketh onely euill, and 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.
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.
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 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 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.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.
A sedicious personne seketh myschefe, but a cruell messaunger shal be sent agaynst him.
Criminals out looking for nothing but trouble won't have to wait long—they'll meet it coming and going!
A rebellious person seeks only evil, So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
A rebellious man seeks only evil, So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
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
his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised.
All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off the foreskin of her son and touched it to Moses' feet, and said, "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me."
"When a foreigner lives with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord , all his males must be circumcised, and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land—but no uncircumcised person may eat of it.
Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!
So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites on the Hill of the Foreskins.
David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth son of Saul with this demand: "Give me my wife Michal whom I acquired for a hundred Philistine foreskins."
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.
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.”
