Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
In Context
21An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
23Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
Psalms 37:34Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
Proverbs 17:13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
Proverbs 24:29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who 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 →