Proverbs 20:22

22 Do not say, "I'll get even with you!" Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.

Proverbs 20:22 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 20:22

Say not thou, I will recompense evil
With evil; do an injury to one that has done one to you; private revenge is not to be taken, but should be left to God, to whom vengeance belongs, ( Deuteronomy 32:35 Deuteronomy 32:41 ) ; [but] wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee;
commit thyself and cause to God; leave it with him to avenge thy wrongs; wait upon him in the way of thy duty, and wait his own time to do thee justice; he will at the proper season, and in his own way, save thee from thine enemy, and make a righteous retribution to him.

Proverbs 20:22 In-Context

20 The lamp of the person who curses his father and mother will be snuffed out in total darkness.

21 An inheritance quickly obtained in the beginning will never be blessed in the end.

22 Do not say, "I'll get even with you!" Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.

23 A double standard of weights is disgusting to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.

24 The LORD is the one who directs a person's steps. How then can anyone understand his own way?