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Proverbs 20:22 KJV

Proverbs · chapter 20 · verse 22

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.Proverbs 20:22 · King James Version

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Proverbs 20:22 in context

20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

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.

24Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

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Commentary

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.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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Key words (Strong's)

recompenseshâlamto be safeH7999 →
evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
Sayʼâmarto sayH559 →

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