Proverbs 20:22

22 Don't say, "I'll pay back evil for evil"; wait for ADONAI to 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 mother -his lamp will go out in total darkness.
21 Possessions acquired quickly at first will not be blessed in the end.
22 Don't say, "I'll pay back evil for evil"; wait for ADONAI to save you.
23 ADONAI detests a double standard in weights, and false scales are not good.
24 A man's steps are ordered by ADONAI, so how can a person understand his own ways?
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