What does Proverbs 20:22 mean?

Proverbs 20:22 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Proverbs 20:22 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

23Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

24Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

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