A moment in scripture
Proverbs 17:11
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An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 17:9
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
- Proverbs 17:10
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
- Proverbs 17:12
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
- Proverbs 17:13
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.