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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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Matthew Henry

(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 th...

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