Proverbs 20:22
Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” 2 Wait for Adonai, and he will save you. 1
One Unity Resource 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 quickly gained at the beginning, 2 won’t be blessed in the end. 1
23Adonai detests differing weights, 2 and dishonest scales are not pleasing. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance and recompense is mine, + 32:35. Quoted in Rom 12:19 2 at the time when their foot slides; 1 for the day of their calamity is at hand. 2 Their doom rushes at them.” 1
Psalms 37:34ק Wait for Adonai, and keep his way, 2 and he will exalt you to inherit the land. 2 When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it. 1
Proverbs 17:13Whoever rewards evil for good, 2 evil shall not depart from his house. 1
Proverbs 24:29Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; 2 I will render to the man according to his work.” 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 →