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Proverbs 20:22-24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

22 Do not say, “I will repay evil!”
    Wait for the Lord, who will help you.[a](A)
23 Varying weights are an abomination to the Lord,
    and false scales are not good.(B)
24 Our steps are from the Lord;(C)
    how, then, can mortals understand their way?[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 20:22 Appointing oneself an agent of divine retribution is dangerous. Better to wait for God to effect justice. Cf. 24:17–18.
  2. 20:24 An indication of the Lord’s inscrutable providence; cf. Jer 10:23; see Prv 21:2; cf. also 14:12.
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