Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
In Context
21A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.
23Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35Punishment is mine and reward, at the time of the slipping of their feet: for the day of their downfall is near, sudden will be their fate.
2 Samuel 16:12It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.
Psalms 37:34Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it.
Proverbs 17:13If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.
Proverbs 24:29Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.
Lamentations 3:25The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:22
21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. Note, 1. It is possible that an estate may be suddenly raised. There are those that will be rich, by right or wrong, who make no conscience of what they say or do if they can but get money by it, who, when it is in their power, will cheat their own father, and who sordidly spare and hoard up what they get, grudging themselves and their families food convenient and thinking all lost but what they buy land with or put… Read the whole commentary →