Proverbs 17:13

If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.

Cross References (14)

  • Psalms 109:4–13 (10)

    In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

  • Romans 12:17 (9)

    Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.

  • 1 Peter 3:9 (9)

    Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may in

  • Psalms 55:12–15 (9)

    For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

  • Psalms 35:12 (8)

    They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

  • Psalms 38:20 (7)

    Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

  • 2 Samuel 12:10 (6)

    Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uri

  • 1 Samuel 24:17 (5)

    and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with e

  • Matthew 27:5 (5)

    So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:15 (5)

    Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.

  • Jeremiah 18:20–21 (4)

    Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their

  • Matthew 27:25 (3)

    All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

  • 2 Samuel 21:1–14 (3)

    During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the

  • 1 Samuel 31:2–3 (3)

    The Philistines hotly pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.