Payment due for services rendered is a good thing. But what if one is paid for what he does not do? Or what if one is rewarded for the evil that he has performed?
"Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house." Proverbs 17:13, Amplified
This verse is not a good suggestion or even a warning. This is a promise. If evil is rewarded as if it were good, the rewarder will ever have evil present in his house and life. Forgive the comparison, but it sounds similar to the idea of karma. Good comes back to those who do good and evil comes back to those who do evil. We read in the New Testament, "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he ho sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life." (Galatians 6:7-8, NKJV) Does this verse support karma? No. What this verse is doing is solidifying the spiritual truth found in Proverbs 17:13.
The idea of evil for good is not something foreign to the human heart.Even Jeremiah questioned the validity of repaying evil or good. "Shall evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my life. Remember that I stood before You to speak good for them, to turn away Your wrath from them." (Jeremiah 18:20, NKJV) In all his years of service to the Lord, Jeremiah did not have one convert. He had a message for the people that the captivity of Babylon was approaching. Instead of heeding his words, the people ignored and threatened Jeremiah. Though he had no converts, but had plenty of questions, Jeremiah remained faithful. Though the world around us may seem to be unforgiving and only give us evil for the good that we perform; remain faithful. Everybody gets what they deserve in the end
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