13If 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 returnsמֵשִׁ֣יבH7725Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularevilרָ֭עָהH7451Noun - feminine singularforתַּ֣חַתH8478Prepositiongoodטוֹבָ֑הH2896Noun - feminine singularevilרָ֝עָ֗הH7451Adjective - feminine singularwill neverלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particleleaveתָמִישׁH4185Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularhis houseמִבֵּיתֽוֹ׃H1004Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular