Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, 'I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.
Young's Literal Translation
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 gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.
23An abomination to Jehovah [are] a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit [are] not good.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35Mine [are] vengeance and recompense, At the due time — doth their foot slide; For near is a day of their calamity, And haste do things prepared for them.
2 Samuel 16:12it may be Jehovah doth look on mine affliction, and Jehovah hath turned back to me good for his reviling this day.'
Psalms 37:34Look unto Jehovah, and keep His way, And He doth exalt thee to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off — thou seest!
Proverbs 17:13Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.
Proverbs 24:29Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'
Lamentations 3:25Good [is] Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul [that] seeketh 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 →