Proverbs 20:22

New American Bible - revised edition

Do not say, “I will repay evil!” Wait for the Lord, who will help you.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:12

Perhaps the Lord will look upon my affliction and repay me with good for the curses he is uttering this day.”

Psalm 27:14

Wait for the Lord, take courage; be stouthearted, wait for the Lord!

Psalm 37:34

Wait eagerly for the Lord, and keep his way; He will raise you up to inherit the earth; you will see when the wicked are cut off.

Psalm 37:40

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

Proverbs 17:13

If you return evil for good, evil will not depart from your house.

Proverbs 19:11

It is good sense to be slow to anger, and an honor to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 20:21

Possessions greedily guarded at the outset will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 24:29

Do not say, “As they did to me, so will I do to them; I will repay them according to their deeds.”

Isaiah 40:31

They that hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar on eagles’ wings; They will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint.

Leviticus 19:18

Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your own people. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

Matthew 5:39

But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on [your] right cheek, turn the other one to him as well.

Deuteronomy 32:35

Vengeance is mine and recompense, for the time they lose their footing; Because the day of their disaster is at hand and their doom is rushing upon them!

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that no one returns evil for evil; rather, always seek what is good [both] for each other and for all.

1 Peter 2:23

When he was insulted, he returned no insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten; instead, he handed himself over to the one who judges justly.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not return evil for evil, or insult for insult; but, on the contrary, a blessing, because to this you were called, that you might inherit a blessing.

1 Peter 4:19

As a result, those who suffer in accord with God’s will hand their souls over to a faithful creator as they do good.

1 Samuel 25:13

Thereupon David said to his men, “Let everyone strap on his sword.” And everyone did so, and David put on his own sword. About four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred remained with the baggage.