Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, “I will repay evil.” Wait for the Lord, and he will free you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
In Context
21When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing.
23Diverse weights are an abomination with the Lord. A deceitful balance is not good.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is mine, and I will repay them in due time, so that their foot may slip and fall. The day of perdition is near, and the time rushes to appear.’
2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the Lord may look with favor upon my affliction, and the Lord may repay me good, in place of the cursing of this day.”
Proverbs 17:13Whoever repays evil for good, evil shall not withdraw from his house.
Proverbs 24:29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me.” I will repay each one according to his work.
Lamentations 3:25TETH. The Lord is good to those who hope in him, to the soul that seeks 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 →