Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, I will requite wrong! Wait thou for Yahweh that he may save thee.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 hastily gotten at the beginning, the latter end thereof, shall not bring blessing.
23An abomination to Yahweh, are divers weights, and, deceptive balances, are not good.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35Unto the days of vengeance and requital: Unto the time their foot shall totter? For, near, is the day of their fate, And their destiny speedeth on.
2 Samuel 16:12It may be, that Yahweh will behold with his eye,—and that Yahweh will return me good, for his cursing this day.
Psalms 37:34Wait for Yahweh, and observe thou his path, that he may exalt thee, to inherit the earth, On the cutting off of the lawless, shalt thou look.
Proverbs 17:13He that returneth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Proverbs 24:29Do not say—According to what he hath done to me, so, will I do to him, I will repay every one according to his work.
Lamentations 3:25Good is Yahweh, to them who wait for him, to the soul that will seek 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 →