Proverbs 20:22
Say not thou, I will pay back rah; 1 but wait on Hashem, and He shall save thee. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
23Differing weights are a to'evah unto Hashem, 1 and scales of mirmah (deceit) are not tov. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35To Me belongeth nakam (vengeance) and recompence; 1 their foot shall slip in due time; 1 for the Yom of their calamity is at hand, 1 and the things that shall come upon them make haste. 1
2 Samuel 16:12It may be that Hashem will look on mine affliction, that Hashem will repay me tovah for his cursing this day.
Psalms 37:34Wait on Hashem, and be shomer over His Derech, 1 and He shall exalt thee to inherit Eretz; 1 when the resha'im are cut off, thou shalt see it. 1
Proverbs 17:13He who rewardeth ra'ah for tovah, 1 ra'ah shall not depart from his bais. 1
Proverbs 24:29Say not, 1 I will do so to him as he hath done to me, 1 I will render to the ish according to his work. 1
Lamentations 3:25Hashem is tov unto them that wait for Him, 1 to the nefesh that seeketh Him. 1
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 →