Prayer from Texas Coming your Way. Here's some scripture to take to heart.
Don't say, I will get even for this wrong. Wait for the Lord to handle the matter.
-Proverbs 20:22
20:22 Because of our limited understanding and imperfection, we are not qualified to
recompense evil. Instead we must commit our cause to God, whose vengeance is certain and perfectly just. God says "Vengeance is mine; I will repay"
(see Matt. 5:38, 39; Rom. 12:17, 19; 1 Thess. 5:15; 1 Pet. 3:9).
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Radmacher, Earl D. ; Allen, Ronald Barclay ; House, H. Wayne:
The Nelson Study Bible : New King James Version. Nashville : T. Nelson Publishers, 1997, S. Pr 20:22
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[/align]Don"t seek vengeance on your enemies. Vengeance is the Lord"s. He will repay.
Wait for the Lord.
He will deliver
you and vindicate you
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MacDonald, William ; Farstad, Arthur:
Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1997, c1995, S. Pr 20:22
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Verse 22
[/align]Those that live in this world must expect to have injuries done them, affronts given them, and trouble wrongfully created them, for we dwell among briers. Now here we are told what to do when we have wrong done us. 1. We must not avenge ourselves, no, nor so much as think of revenge, or design it:
"Say not thou, no, not in thy heart,
I will recompense evil for evil.
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[/align]Do not please thyself with the thought that some time or other thou shalt have an opportunity of being quits with him. Do not wish revenge, or hope for it, much less resolve upon it, no, not when the injury is fresh and the resentment of it most deep. Never say that thou wilt do a think which thou canst not in faith pray to God to assist thee in, and
that thou canst not do in mediating revenge."" 2. We must refer ourselves to God, and leave it to him to plead our cause, to maintain our right, and reckon with those that do us wrong in such a way and manner as he thinks fit and in his own due time:
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"Wait on the Lord, and attend his pleasure, acquiesce in his will, and he does not say that he will punish him that has injured thee (instead of desiring that thou must forgive him and pray for him), but
he will save thee, and that is enough. He will protect thee, so that thy passing by one injury shall not (as is commonly feared) expose thee to another; nay, he will recompense good to thee, to balance thy trouble and encourage thy patience,"" as David hoped, when Shimei cursed him, 2 Sa. 16:12.
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[/align]Henry, Matthew:
Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible : Complete and Unabridged in One Volume. Peabody : Hendrickson, 1996, c1991, S. Pr 20:22
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20:22 Vengeance should be left to God. Only God is able to deliver just vengeance (Rom. 12:19 19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord." The Revised Standard Version). Deliverance of the righteous does involve judgment of the wicked. Nevertheless, punishment for injustice must be left in God"s hands.
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Thomas Nelson, Inc: Woman's Study Bible . Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1997, c1995, S. Pr 20:22
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