Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

If anyone returns evil for good,
evil will never depart from his house.

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.

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 Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than a fool in his foolishness.
13 If anyone returns evil for good,
evil will never depart from his house.
14 To start a conflict is to release a flood;
stop the dispute before it breaks out.



Cross References

Psalm 35:12

They repay me evil for good,
making me desolate.

1 Samuel 24:17

and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have done what is good to me though I have done what is evil to you.

1 Samuel 31:2-3

The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons and killed his sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

2 Samuel 12:10

Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house because you despised Me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own wife.’

2 Samuel 21:1-14

During David’s reign there was a famine for three successive years, so David inquired of the Lord. The Lord answered, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family when he killed the Gibeonites.”

Psalm 38:20

Those who repay evil for good
attack me for pursuing good.

Psalm 55:12-15

Now it is not an enemy who insults me—
otherwise I could bear it;
it is not a foe who rises up against me—
otherwise I could hide from him.

Psalm 109:4-13

In return for my love they accuse me,
but I continue to pray.

Jeremiah 18:20-21

Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember how I stood before You
to speak good on their behalf,
to turn Your anger from them.

Matthew 27:5

So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

Matthew 27:25

All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

Romans 12:17

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Try to do what is honorable in everyone’s eyes.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

1 Peter 3:9

not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you can inherit a blessing.

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