Proverbs 17:13

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As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They repay me evil for the good I have done; I am overwhelmed with sorrow.
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 He said to David,“You are more innocent than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!
  • 1 Sam 31:2-3 : 2 The Philistines stayed right on the heels of Saul and his sons. They struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua. 3 Saul himself was in the thick of the battle; the archers spotted him and wounded him severely.
  • 2 Sam 12:10 : 10 So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!’
  • 2 Sam 21:1-9 : 1 The Gibeonites Demand Revenge During David’s reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the LORD. The LORD said,“It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, because he murdered the Gibeonites.” 2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them.(Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.) 3 David said to the Gibeonites,“What can I do for you, and how can I make amends so that you will bless the LORD’s inheritance?” 4 The Gibeonites said to him,“We have no claim to silver or gold from Saul or from his family, nor would we be justified in putting to death anyone in Israel.” David asked,“What then are you asking me to do for you?” 5 They replied to the king,“As for this man who exterminated us and who schemed against us so that we were destroyed and left without status throughout all the borders of Israel– 6 let seven of his male descendants be turned over to us, and we will execute them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, who was the LORD’s chosen one.” The king replied,“I will turn them over.” 7 The king had mercy on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, in light of the LORD’s oath that had been taken between David and Jonathan son of Saul. 8 So the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah’s daughter Rizpah whom she had born to Saul, and the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab whom she had born to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite. 9 He turned them over to the Gibeonites, and they executed them on a hill before the LORD. The seven of them died together; they were put to death during harvest time– during the first days of the beginning of the barley harvest. 10 Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain fell on them, she did not allow the birds of the air to feed on them by day, nor the wild animals by night. 11 When David was told what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, Saul’s concubine, had done, 12 he went and took the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the leaders of Jabesh Gilead.(They had secretly taken them from the plaza at Beth Shan. It was there that Philistines publicly exposed their corpses after they had killed Saul at Gilboa.) 13 David brought the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son from there; they also gathered up the bones of those who had been executed. 14 They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin at Zela in the grave of his father Kish. After they had done everything that the king had commanded, God responded to their prayers for the land.
  • Ps 38:20 : 20 They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.
  • Ps 55:12-15 : 12 Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him. 13 But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided. 14 We would share personal thoughts with each other; in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd. 15 May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.
  • Ps 109:4-9 : 4 They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray. 5 They repay me evil for good, and hate for love. 6 Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side! 7 When he is judged, he will be found guilty! Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful. 8 May his days be few! May another take his job! 9 May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow! 10 May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home! 11 May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property! 12 May no one show him kindness! May no one have compassion on his fatherless children! 13 May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives!
  • Jer 18:20-21 : 20 Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them. 21 So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.
  • Matt 27:5 : 5 So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself.
  • Matt 27:25 : 25 In reply all the people said,“Let his blood be on us and on our children!”
  • Rom 12:17 : 17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people.
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

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