Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, “I will do evil to those who do evil to me;” wait for Yahweh to do something about it, and he will ◄help you/ do what is right►.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
In Context
23Yahweh detests those who use dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35I am the one who will get revenge and pay those enemies back for what they have done to my people, at the right time for them to be punished [IDM]; they will soon experience disasters, and I will punish/destroy them quickly.’
2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps Yahweh will see that I am having all this trouble, and some day he will repay me by ◄blessing/doing good things for► me in return for this man cursing me today.”
Psalms 37:34Be patient and trust that Yahweh will help you, and ◄walk on his paths/do what he wants you to do►. If you do that, he will honor you by giving you the land that he promised, and when he gets rid of the wicked, you will see it happen.
Proverbs 17:13If someone does something evil in return for something good being done to him, evil/trouble will never leave that person’s family.
Proverbs 24:29Do not say, “I will do to him what he did to me; I will pay him back for the bad things that he did to me.”
Lamentations 3:25Yahweh is good to all those who depend on him, to those who seek his help.
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 →