Proverbs 20:22

22 ¹Do not say, "I will repay evil "; ²Wait 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 He who curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in time of darkness.

21 An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning Will not be blessed in the end.

22 Do not say, "I will repay evil "; Wait for the LORD , and He will save you.

23 Differing weights are an abomination to the LORD , And a false scale is not good.

24 Man's steps are ordained by the LORD , How then can man understand his way?

Cross References

• 1. Proverbs 24:29; Matthew 5:39; Romans 12:17, 19; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; 1 Peter 3:9
• 2. Psalms 27:14