Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Proverbs 17:13 in English Standard Version "If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house." 2Sa 12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ Ps 35:12 They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft. Ps 109:4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. Pr 20:22 Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you. Mt 5:39 But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.