Proverbs 17:11
King James VersionSource notes
“An evil seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.”
Context
8A gift a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth friends.
10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
11An evil seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14The beginning of strife when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.