Proverbs 20:22 KJV
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.
Proverbs 20:22, King James Version
In context
21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.
23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.
Cross-references
- Romans 12:17 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.