Proverbs 20:22

A Conservative Version

Say thou not, I will recompense evil. Wait for LORD, and he will save thee.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that not any man repays evil for evil to any man, but always pursue the good, both for each other and for all.

Proverbs 24:29

Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

Proverbs 17:13

He who rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

1 Peter 3:9

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but instead giving praise, knowing that ye were called for this, so that ye might inherit a blessing.

Deuteronomy 32:35

Vengeance is mine, and recompense at the time when their foot shall slide. For the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.

1 Peter 2:23

Who, being reviled, did not revile in return. Suffering, he did not threaten, but yielded to him who judges righteously.

Matthew 5:39

But I say to you, not to resist what is troublesome, but whoever will strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

1 Peter 4:19

Therefore also let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls as to a faithful Creator by well-doing.

Psalm 27:14

Wait for LORD. Be strong, and let thy heart take courage. Yea, wait thou for LORD.

2 Samuel 16:12

It may be that LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that LORD will reward me good for [his] cursing of me this day.

Isaiah 40:31

But those who wait for LORD shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run, and not be weary. They shall walk, and not faint.

Psalm 37:34

Wait for LORD, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to inherit the land. When sinners are cut off, thou shall see it.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gotten hastily at the beginning shall not be blessed in the end.

Leviticus 19:18

Thou shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of thy people, but thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. I am LORD.

1 Samuel 25:13

And David said to his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword, and David also girded on his sword. And there went up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred abode by the baggage.

Psalm 37:40

and LORD helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from sinners, and saves them, because they have taken refuge in him.

Proverbs 19:11

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.