Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Evil will never leave the house of one who pays back evil for good. New Living Translation If you repay good with evil, evil will never leave your house. English Standard Version If anyone 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. King James Bible Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. New King James Version Whoever rewards 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. NASB 1995 He who returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house. NASB 1977 He who returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house. Legacy Standard Bible He who returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house. Amplified Bible Whoever returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house. Christian Standard Bible If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from his house. Holman Christian Standard Bible If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from his house. American Standard Version Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Evil will not depart from the house of him that pays evil for good. Brenton Septuagint Translation Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house. Contemporary English Version You will always have trouble if you are mean to those who are good to you. Douay-Rheims Bible He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. English Revised Version Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. GOD'S WORD® Translation Whoever pays back evil for good- evil will never leave his home. Good News Translation If you repay good with evil, you will never get evil out of your house. International Standard Version The person who repays good with evil will never see evil leave his home. JPS Tanakh 1917 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house. Literal Standard Version Whoever is returning evil for good, | Evil does not move from his house. Majority Standard Bible If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house. New American Bible If you return evil for good, evil will not depart from your house. NET Bible As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house. New Revised Standard Version Evil will not depart from the house of one who returns evil for good. New Heart English Bible 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. World English Bible Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. Young's Literal Translation Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house. Additional Translations ... Context Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness…12It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly. 13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house. 14To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.… Cross References 1 Samuel 19:4 Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, "The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you. 1 Samuel 25:21 Now David had just finished saying, "In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good. 2 Samuel 12:10 Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.' 1 Kings 21:22 I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.' Psalm 35:12 They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul. Psalm 109:5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. Proverbs 13:21 Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous. Treasury of Scripture Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. 1 Samuel 24:17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 1 Samuel 31:2,3 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons… 2 Samuel 21:1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. Jump to Previous Depart Evil Gives Good House Leave Moveth Pays Returning Returns Rewardeth RewardsJump to Next Depart Evil Gives Good House Leave Moveth Pays Returning Returns Rewardeth RewardsProverbs 17 1. Contrasts between the Righteous and the WickedVerse 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." Hebrew If anyone returnsמֵשִׁ֣יב (mê·šîḇ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again evil רָ֭עָה (rā·‘āh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil for תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of good, טוֹבָ֑ה (ṭō·w·ḇāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good evil רָ֝עָ֗ה (rā·‘āh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil will never לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no leave תָמ֥וּשׁ (ṯā·mūš) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 4185: To depart, remove his house. מִבֵּיתֽוֹ׃ (mib·bê·ṯōw) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house Links Proverbs 17:13 NIVProverbs 17:13 NLT Proverbs 17:13 ESV Proverbs 17:13 NASB Proverbs 17:13 KJV Proverbs 17:13 BibleApps.com Proverbs 17:13 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 17:13 Chinese Bible Proverbs 17:13 French Bible Proverbs 17:13 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 17:13 Whoever rewards evil for good evil shall (Prov. 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