13 If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:13
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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Verse 13
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If anyone returns מֵשִׁ֣יב H7725 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular evil רָ֭עָה H7451 Noun - feminine singular for תַּ֣חַת H8478 Preposition good טוֹבָ֑ה H2896 Noun - feminine singular evil רָ֝עָ֗ה H7451 Adjective - feminine singular will never לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle leave תָמִישׁ H4185 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular his house מִבֵּיתֽוֹ׃ H1004 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular