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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comKeil and Delitzsch Commentary - Proverbs 17:13 - 17:13
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13 He that returneth evil for good,
From his house evil shall not depart.
If ingratitude appertains to the sinful manifestations of ignoble selfishness, how much more sinful still is black ingratitude, which recompenses evil for good! (מֵשִׁיב, as 1Sa 25:21, syn. גָּמַל, to requite, Pro 3:30; Pro 31:12; שִׁלֵּם, to reimburse, Pro 20:22). Instead of תמישׁ, the Kerı̂ reads תָמוּשׁ; but that this verb, with a middle vowel, may be 'י'ע as well as 'ו'ע, Psa 55:2 shows.