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Proverbs 20:22

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

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19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.
22Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
23Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
24A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
25It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.

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