Contemplative Bible Reading

Proverbs 17:13 (New Living Translation)

If you repay good with evil,
evil will never leave your house.

I read this verse as:

You can’t give away all the evil.

There will always be some left over.

I could be wrong on this one, but that is my take. Evil seems to be that way. It is like hatred. There seems to be a limitless supply of hatred here and there. If you think you can hate so much that all your hate is depleted, you are wrong. You will have more hate to use.

Evil is the same way. “I’ll be evil a lot this week so that I won’t have any evil to use next week.” Wrong. There will be plenty to use next week and the week after.

Remedy? Good. Yes, just use some good, some joy, some love, some good-natured giving. I think there is a limitless supply of that as well. The LORD will provide.