Proverbs 20:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²² Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will help you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Do not say, I will repay evil; wait [expectantly] for the Lord, and He will rescue you. [II Sam. 16:12; Rom. 12:17-19; I Thess. 5:15; I Pet. 3:9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

Common English Bible

²² Don’t say, “I’ll repay the evildoer!” Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Do not say, "I will repay evil." Wait for the Lord, and he will free you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.

Proverbs 20:22 Krydshenvisninger

2 Samuel 16:12

It may be that the Lord will look on my distress, and the Lord will repay me with good for this cursing of me today.”

Psalm 27:14

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!

Psalm 37:34

Wait for the Lord and keep to his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land; you will look on the destruction of the wicked.

Psalm 37:40

The Lord helps them and rescues them; he rescues them from the wicked and saves them because they take refuge in him.

Proverbs 17:13

Evil will not depart from the house of one who returns evil for good.

Proverbs 19:11

Those with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 20:21

An estate quickly acquired in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 24:29

Do not say, “I will do to others as they have done to me; I will pay them back for what they have done.”

Isaiah 40:31

but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Leviticus 19:18

You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

Matthew 5:39

But I say to you: Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also,

Deuteronomy 32:35

for the day of vengeance and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip? Because the day of their calamity is at hand; their doom comes swiftly.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.

1 Peter 2:23

When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.

1 Peter 4:19

Therefore, let those suffering in accordance with God’s will entrust their lives to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.

1 Samuel 25:13

David said to his men, “Every man strap on his sword!” And every one of them strapped on his sword; David also strapped on his sword, and about four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred remained with the baggage.