Proverbs 20:22 - New Revised Standard Version

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 Tagairtí Cros

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

Vengeance is mine, 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 themselves 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.