Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, “I repay evil,” || Wait for YHWH, and He delivers you.
Literal Standard 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
21An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, || Even its latter end is not blessed.
23A stone and a stone [are] an abomination to YHWH, || And balances of deceit [are] not good.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance and retribution [are] Mine, || At the due time—their foot slides; For near is a day of their calamity, || And things prepared for them have hastened.
2 Samuel 16:12it may be YHWH looks on my affliction, and YHWH has turned back good to me for his reviling this day.”
Psalms 37:34Look to YHWH, and keep His way, || And He exalts you to possess the land, || In the wicked being cut off—you see!
Proverbs 17:13Whoever is returning evil for good, || Evil does not move from his house.
Proverbs 24:29Do not say, “As he did to me, so I do to him, || I render to each according to his work.”
Lamentations 3:25YHWH [is] good to those waiting for 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 →