Proverbs 20:22

22 Don't say, "I will pay back evil." 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 Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, Won't be blessed in the end.
22 Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.
23 The LORD detests differing weights, And dishonest scales are not pleasing.
24 A man's steps are from the LORD; How then can man understand his way?
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