Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Proverbs 20:22
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.
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.
Verse Proverbs 20:22. _I WILL RECOMPENSE EVIL_] Wait on the Lord; judgment is his, and his judgments are sure. In the mean time pray for the conversion of your enemy....
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 expectation...
CHAPTER 20 PROVERBS AS TO PERSONAL CONDUCT Proverbs of warning and instructions as to personal conduct are found mostly in this chapter; a number of them are of special interest if applied to Solomon....
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 thought. P...
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Comp. Romans 12:17; Romans 12:19....
TEXT Proverbs 20:21-30 21. An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed. 22. Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he wil...
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. ; alludes to this, as also to ....
1. RAGING] RV 'a brawler.' IS deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about....
Sometimes we want to punish people who hurt us. This is not a good attitude. We should forgive people (Romans 12:17-21). We should even love our enemies (Matthew 5:44). But God will punish evil people...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 20 V1 Wine is like a man who insults you. Beer is like a man who shouts at you. If wine and beer tempt you, then you are not wise....
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 for...
אַל ־תֹּאמַ֥ר אֲשַׁלְּמָה ־רָ֑ע קַוֵּ֥ה לַֽ֝...
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 glimpse of t...
CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is...
“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 ever bent...
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 descrip...
_Evil. And revenge myself. This belongs to the Lord, Deuteronomy xxxii. 35. Man would be too favourable to himself, and would also pronounce his own condemnation, as he is also a sinner._...
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 is...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
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, Deuteronom...
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 vindi...
_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 ourselves...
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 THEE....
Proverbs 20:22 say H559 (H8799) recompense H7999 (H8762) evil H7451 Wait H6960 (H8761) LORD H3068 save...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions regarding the ways of folly. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Here in this imperfect state, no person can claim to be sinless, but the just man, walking by the rule o...
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. Cyrus, after notic...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 20:22 These four proverbs teach that God, not people (v. Proverbs 20:22), is the judge and avenger. He detests all unfair bias in human judgment, as represented by
_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 judgment. H...
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 influence. Thus...
Into chapter 20. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise (Proverbs 20:1). He will have more to say about wine as we move along in our study next week,...
1 Peter 2:23; 1 Peter 3:9; 1 Peter 4:19; 1 Thessalonians 5:15;...