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Proverbs 20:22

World English Bible

Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.”
Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

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Proverbs 20:22 in other translations

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

Proverbs 20:22 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 20:22 in context

  1. 20Whoever curses his father or his mother,
    his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
  2. 21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning,
    won’t be blessed in the end.
  3. 22Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.”
    Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
  4. 23Yahweh detests differing weights,
    and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
  5. 24A man’s steps are from Yahweh;
    how then can man understand his way?

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