Proverbs 20:22 · KJV
“Say not thou, I will recompense evil; {but} wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.”
— Proverbs 20:22
An inheritance {may be} gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Divers weights {are} an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance {is} not good. {a false...: Heb. balance of deceit}
Proverbs 20 — Context
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. {lamp: or, candle}
21An inheritance {may be} gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; {but} wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
23Divers weights {are} an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance {is} not good. {a false...: Heb. balance of deceit}
24Man's goings {are} of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Cross References
Romans 12:17-19
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
1 Thessalonians 5:15
See that none render evil for evil unto any {man}; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all {men}.
Proverbs 24:29
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Proverbs 17:13
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
1 Peter 3:9
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Deuteronomy 32:35
To me {belongeth} vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in {due} time: for the day of their calamity {is} at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
1 Peter 2:23
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed {himself} to him that judgeth righteously: {himself: or, his cause}
Matthew 5:39
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.