Our Favorite Proverbs: Proverbs 20:22
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David Chadwick discusses the importance of forgiveness and trusting God instead of seeking revenge, based on Proverbs 20:22.
by David Chadwick "Do not say, 'I will repay evil'; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you." Proverbs 20:22 Today is the last day of our long journey through many of our favorite proverbs. We have learned so much! Proverbs 20:22 says, "Do not say, 'I will repay evil;" Wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you." What a way to end our time in Proverbs! Because we have all experienced something evil! When we are hurt by someone, everything within our human nature wants to retaliate with equal and greater pain. In the Old Testament, it's called "lex talionis," the law of retaliation, which is where we get the idea of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." Gandhi once said that if everyone lived by this maxim, the entire world would be sightless and toothless! The problem with retaliation is that no one retaliates with equal force. The person offended always retaliates with greater force, which only causes even greater escalation when that other person retaliates again. An often overlooked fact is that when God instructed "an eye for an eye," he was actually trying to limit the escalation. One eye for one eye. One tooth for one tooth. No more and no less. But in this…
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