Proverbs 17:13

¹¹ An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

¹² It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

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

¹⁴ To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

¹⁵ Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
KJV: Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
WEB: Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
ASV: Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
DARBY: Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
BLB: One returning evil in exchange for good—evil shall not depart from his house.

ÅB: Den som gjengjelder godt med ondt, fra hans hus skal ulykken ikke vike.
OTB: Ondskap vil ikke vike fra huset til den som gjengjelder godt med ondt.
B1930: Den som gjengjelder godt med ondt, fra hans hus skal ulykken ikke vike.

Psalms 109:4–13
In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
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Psalms 55:12–15
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.
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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.
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Romans 12:17
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
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Psalms 38:20
Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
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Psalms 35:12
They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
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2 Samuel 12:10
Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
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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.
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