OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 20:22

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

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Verse 22. Evil. And revenge myself. This belongs to the Lord. Deuteronomy 32:35. Man would be too favourable to himself, and would also pronounce his own condemnation, as he is also a sinner.

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