Proverbs 17:13
“Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.”
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
Cross-References
“Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.”
“Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.”
“For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.”
“They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.”
“Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.”