Proverbs 17:13
If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
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1 Samuel 24:17
and said to David, "You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.

1 Samuel 31:2, 3
The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul's sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua. . . .

2 Samuel 21:1
Now during the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, "It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites."

Psalm 35:12
They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

Psalm 38:20
Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

Psalm 55:12-15
For it is not an enemy who insults me--then I could endure; it is not a foe who rises against me--from him I could hide. . . .

Psalm 109:4-13
In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. . . .

Jeremiah 18:20, 21
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 behalf, to turn Your wrath from them. . . .

Matthew 27:5, 25
So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. . . .

Romans 12:17
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.

1 Thessalonians 5:15
Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.

1 Peter 3:9
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He who returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.

King James Bible
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from his house.

International Standard Version
The person who repays good with evil will never see evil leave his home.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Evil will not depart from the house of him that pays evil for good.
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