Proverbs 20:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. ”

Proverbs 20:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

God’s awarding to everyone according to his works, is the true check to the spirit of vindictiveness (compare Romans 12:17 , Romans 12:19 ). Note that man is not told to wait on the Lord in expec...
Proverbs 20:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9 ; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thou...
Proverbs 20:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Proverbs 20:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. I will recompense evil - Wait on the Lord; judgment is his, and his judgments are sure. In the mean time pray for...
Proverbs 20:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. Say not thou, I will recompense evil - for evil: I will avenge myself. Romans 12:17 ; Romans 12:19 allud...
Proverbs 20:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
Proverbs 20:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Wait on the Lord and he shall save thee. — Do not look for vengeance on enemies (for they are to be forgiven), but for deliverance from their attacks; forget their malice, remember only God’s love...
Proverbs 20:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimps...
Proverbs 20:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Glory of Young Men” Proverbs 20:16-30 What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27 ! We stand like a row of unlighted candles until God's Spirit kindles us. Has the Divine Nature e...
Proverbs 20:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 20:9 . This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse Proverbs 20:14 . "It is bad, it is bad," is the d...
Proverbs 20:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. There i...
Proverbs 20:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Say not thou, I will recompense evil ,.... With evil; do an injury to one that has done one to you; private revenge is not to be taken, but should be left to God, to whom vengeance belongs, Deuter...
Proverbs 20:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. Ver. 22. Say not thou, I will recompense evil. ] Much less, swear it, as some miscreants do; to whom, Est vin...
Proverbs 20:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Say not thou, I will recompense evil While we live in the world, we must expect to have injuries done us, affronts given, and much trouble wrongfully created to us. But we must not revenge ourselve...
Proverbs 20:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the L ORD , and he shall save thee. Those that live in this world must expect to have injuries done them, affronts given them,...
Proverbs 20:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Say not thou in thy heart; give not way to any such evil thoughts or purposes. Wait on the Lord, to whom it belongs to execute vengeance, and to deliver his people from all their enemies.
Proverbs 20:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 20:22 THE RECOMPENSER OF EVIL I. The man who has been wronged is disqualified to punish the offender . A sense of pain and suffering is not helpful to a man’s judgm...
Proverbs 20:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:1 . Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1-2 . Cyrus, afte...
Proverbs 20:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker; or, scorner, the word ( luts ) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing what men do under its infl...
Proverbs 20:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 22. Say not thou, I will recompense evil, avenging evil with evil after the manner practiced by the ungodly; but wait on the Lord, placing the outcome entirely in His hands, and He shall save...
Proverbs 20:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:23 ; 1 Peter 3:9 ; 1 Peter 4:19 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:15 ; 2 Samuel 16:12 ; Deuteronomy 32:35 ; Isaiah 40:31 ; Lamentations 3:25 ; Lamentations 3:26 ; Proverbs 17:13 ; Proverbs 24:...

Proverbs 20:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 20:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 20:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 20:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 20:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 20:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 20:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 20:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 20:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 20:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 20:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 20:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 20:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 20:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge