Proverbs 17:11-13

New International Version

¹¹ Evildoers foster rebellion against God;
    the messenger of death will be sent against them.

¹² Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than a fool bent on folly.^(A)

¹³ Evil will never leave the house
    of one who pays back evil^(B) for good.^(C)