Proverbs 20:22 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²²Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

Proverbs 20:22 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 22)

Those that live in this world must expect to have injuries done them, affronts given them, and trouble wrongfully created them, for we dwell among briers. Now here we are told what to do when we have wrong done us. 1. We must not avenge ourselves, no, nor so much as think of revenge, or design it: “ Say not thou, no, not in thy heart, I will recompense evil for evil. Do not please thyself with the…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 22)

22. (Compare Psa 27:14; Ro 12:17-19).