Parallel Verses
King James Version
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
New American Standard Bible
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.
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.
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 strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Cross References
Psalm 35:12
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling 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 slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.
2 Samuel 12:10
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine 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 three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
Psalm 38:20
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
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
For my love they are my 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 that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
Matthew 27:5
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Matthew 27:25
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Romans 12:17
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
1 Thessalonians 5:15
See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
1 Peter 3:9
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.