Proverbs 20:22
Don't say, “I'll get you back for doing me wrong.” Leave it to the Lord, and he'll help you.
Free Bible 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
21Wealth gained too soon won't do you any good in the end.
23The Lord hates incorrect weights; using dishonest scales is wrong.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35I make sure justice is done, I will repay. The time is coming when they will fall, their day of disaster is approaching, their doom will soon arrive.”
2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the Lord will see how I'm suffering and will pay me back with good for his curses today.”
Psalms 37:34Trust in the Lord, and stay on his path. He will lift you up and give you the land to own. You will see when the wicked are destroyed.
Proverbs 17:13If you repay evil for good, evil will never leave your house.
Proverbs 24:29Don't say to yourself, “I'm going to do to him what he did to me! I'll pay him back for what he's done!”
Lamentations 3:25The Lord is good to those who trust in him, to anyone who seeks to follow 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 →