Proverbs 17:11 KJV
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Proverbs 17:9–13 KJV Chapter Context
9
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
10
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
11
An evil man 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.