Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He who returns evil for good,
Evil will not depart from his house.

King James Version

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Holman Bible

If anyone returns evil for good,
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.

Darby Translation

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

מוּשׁ 
Muwsh 
Usage: 20

References

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

12 It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly. 13 He who returns evil for good,
Evil will not depart from his house.
14 To release the waters (to speak rashly) is the beginning of contention; therefore, leave off strife before it gets started.

Cross References

Psalm 35:12

They rewarded me evil for good until my soul was alone.

1 Samuel 24:17

And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I, for thou hast repaid me with good, whereas I have repaid thee with 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 12:10

Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from thy house because thou hast despised me and hast taken the wife of Uriah, the Hittite, to be thy wife.

2 Samuel 21:1-14

Then there was a famine in the days of David for three consecutive years, and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is because of Saul and because of his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

Psalm 38:20

rendering evil for good they are against me because I follow that which is good.

Psalm 55:12-15

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it, neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

Psalm 109:4-13

They have responded to my love by becoming my adversaries, but I give myself unto prayer.

Jeremiah 18:20-21

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them and to turn away thy wrath from them.

Matthew 27:5

And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed and went and hanged himself.

Matthew 27:25

Then all the people answered and said, His blood be on us and on our children.

Romans 12:17

Not repaying anyone evil for evil; procuring that which is good not only in the sight of God, but even in the sight of all men.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that no one renders evil for evil unto anyone, but always follow that which is good, both among yourselves and to all men.

1 Peter 3:9

not rendering evil for evil or curse for curse, but to the contrary, blessing, knowing that ye are called, that ye should possess a blessing by inheritance.

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