Proverbs 17:11
An evil seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
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Context
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth friends.
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
11 An evil 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 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.