Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Holman Bible
evil will never depart from his house.
International Standard Version
The person who repays good with evil will never see evil leave his home.
A Conservative Version
He who rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
American Standard Version
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
Amplified
Whoever returns evil for good,
Evil will not depart from his house.
Bible in Basic English
If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.
Julia Smith Translation
He turning back evil, instead of good, evil shall not move from his house.
King James 2000
Whosoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[For] he who returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
Modern King James verseion
Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, the plague shall not depart from his house.
NET Bible
As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.
New Heart English Bible
Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
The Emphasized Bible
He that returneth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.
Themes
Evil » Social in the church » In politics
Evil » Those that reward evil for good
Evil » Who evil shall not depart from
Interlinear
Shuwb
Ra`
רעה רע
Ra`
evil, wickedness, wicked, hief, hurt, bad, trouble, sore, affliction, ill, adversity, favoured, harm, naught, noisome, grievous, sad,
Usage: 669
References
Fausets
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 17:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly. 13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. 14 The beginning of contention is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.
Cross References
Psalm 35:12
They reward me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
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 smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.
2 Samuel 12:10
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Urijah the Hittite to be thy wife.
2 Samuel 21:1-14
And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his house of blood, because he slew the Gibeonites.
Psalm 38:20
And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.
Psalm 55:12-15
For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified himself against me then would I have hidden myself from him;
Psalm 109:4-13
For my love they are mine adversaries; but I give myself unto prayer.
Jeremiah 18:20-21
Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
Matthew 27:5
And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he left the place, and went away and hanged himself.
Matthew 27:25
And all the people answering said, His blood be on us and on our children.
Romans 12:17
recompensing to no one evil for evil: providing things honest before all men:
1 Thessalonians 5:15
See that no one render to any evil for evil, but pursue always what is good towards one another and towards all;
1 Peter 3:9
not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but on the contrary, blessing others, because ye have been called to this, that ye should inherit blessing.