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


In Context

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

11 An evil man seeketh 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 rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore withdraw from contention, before it be meddled with.

15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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