1 Samuel 24:13

WEB

¹³As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness;’ but my hand will not be on you.

KJV

¹³As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

BSB

¹³As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.

FBV

¹³As the old saying goes, ‘From the wicked comes wickedness,’ but I myself will never try to harm you.

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Extra References

Matthew 7:20

²⁰Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

¹⁶By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles? ¹⁷Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. ¹⁸A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.

Matthew 12:33-34

³³“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit. ³⁴You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Matthew 15:19

¹⁹For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.