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Selected Verse: Proverbs 17:13 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 17:13 |
King James |
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Compare Psa 7:4; Psa 35:12).
evil--injury to another (Pro 13:21). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
13 He that returneth evil for good,
From his house evil shall not depart.
If ingratitude appertains to the sinful manifestations of ignoble selfishness, how much more sinful still is black ingratitude, which recompenses evil for good! (משׁיב, as Sa1 25:21, syn. גּמל, to requite, Pro 3:30; Pro 31:12; שׁלּם, to reimburse, Pro 20:22). Instead of תמישׁ, the Kerı̂ reads תמוּשׁ; but that this verb, with a middle vowel, may be 'י'ע as well as 'ו'ע, Psa 55:2 shows. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Whoso rewardeth evil for good - Here is a most awful warning. As many persons are guilty of the sin of ingratitude, and of paying kindness with unkindness, and good with evil, it is no wonder we find so much wretchedness among men; for God's word cannot fail; evil shall not depart from the houses and families of such persons. |
21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.