Proverbs 20:22

22 Don't say, "I'll get even with you for the wrong you did to me!" 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 If anyone calls down curses on his father or mother, his lamp will be blown out in total darkness.

21 Property you gain quickly at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

22 Don't say, "I'll get even with you for the wrong you did to me!" Wait for the Lord, and he will save you.

23 The LORD hates weights that weigh things heavier or lighter than they really are. Scales that are not honest don't please him.

24 The LORD directs a man's steps. So how can anyone understand his own way?