Proverbs 20:22

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

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.

Proverbs 24:29

Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.”

Proverbs 17:13

If a man returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not return evil for evil or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary bless, for to this you have been called, that you may obtain a blessing.

Deuteronomy 32:35

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

1 Peter 2:23

When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he trusted to him who judges justly.

Matthew 5:39

But I say to you, Do not resist one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also;

1 Peter 4:19

Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will do right and entrust their souls to a faithful Creator.

Psalm 27:14

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

2 Samuel 16:12

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

Isaiah 40:31

but they 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.

Psalm 37:34

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

Proverbs 20:21

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

Leviticus 19:18

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

1 Samuel 25:13

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

Psalm 37:40

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

Proverbs 19:11

Good sense makes a man slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.