Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, "I will pay back evil."Wait for the Lord, and he will save you.
New Heart English 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,won't be blessed in the end.
23The Lord detests differing weights,and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is mine, and I will repay,at the time when their foot slides;for the day of their calamity is at hand.The things that are to come on them shall make haste."
2 Samuel 16:12It may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me, and that the Lord will repay me good for the cursing of me today."
Psalms 37:34Wait for the Lord, and keep his way,and he will exalt you to inherit the land.When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.RESH
Proverbs 17:13Whoever rewards evil for good,evil shall not depart from his house.
Proverbs 24:29Do not say, "I will do to him as he has done to me;I will render to the man according to his work."
Lamentations 3:25The Lord is good to those who wait 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 →