Proverbs 17:11

An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Proverbs 17:11 · King James Version

In other versions

An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
ASV
An uncontrolled man is only looking for trouble, so a cruel servant will be sent against him.
BBE
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion; but a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
DBY
An evil man seeks only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
WEB
An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.
YLT
An evil man seeks only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
ENG
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
WBT
An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
BSB

⁹He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

¹⁰A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

¹¹An evil man 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.