13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.


In Context

10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

11 An evil man seeks only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

14 The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

15 He that justifies the wicked, and he that comdemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

Proverbs 17:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:13If a man pays back evil for good, evil will never leave his house.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:13He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:13Whoever rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:13Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.