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Proverbs 17:11
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Proverbs 17:11 · Webster Bible
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Proverbs 17:11 in other translations
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
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In context
8 A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
11 An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13 Whoever rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14 The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore withdraw from contention, before it be meddled with.
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