{"podcast":{"title":"A Moment of Hope","slug":"a-moment-of-hope-5247148","podcast_index_feed_id":5247148,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/404141/rss","website_url":"https://www.momentsofhopechurch.org/listen","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/1/e/4/b1e4a2c6f9dfd5e216c3140a3186d450/moment-of-hope-podcast.jpg","author":"Moments of Hope Church Media","episode_count":1149,"summary":"Begin your day with a \"Moment of Hope.\" This podcast is a compliment to David and Marilynn's weekday devotional - providing deeper insights and encouragement. Featuring Jenn Houston.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T20:21:20.565286+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-moment-of-hope-5247148"},"episode":{"title":"Our Favorite Proverbs: Proverbs 20:22","slug":"our-favorite-proverbs-proverbs-20-22","published_at":"2026-07-10T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-moment-of-hope-5247148/our-favorite-proverbs-proverbs-20-22","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-moment-of-hope-5247148","url":"https://a852a973-4adc-4299-bb53-caff7cbf2ba5.libsyn.com/our-favorite-proverbs-proverbs-2022","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/a852a973-4adc-4299-bb53-caff7cbf2ba5/MOHC26.0710_Daily.mp3?dest-id=3339476","summary":"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 proverb, and in the teachings of Jesus, we are instructed not to retaliate at all (Matthew 5:38-42). Do not take vengeance in your own hands. Do not repay evil with evil. And then do what? Give it to the Lord. Trust him with the repayment. Operate in forgiveness and grace, in the same way that God has dealt with you (Colossians 3:13; Ephesians 4:32). It's Paul's profound teaching in Romans 12:19. Let God handle the vengeance. He does it better than we do. And the promise is secure: God will repay. It may not be on our timetable or our way. That's why we need to \"wait on the Lord.\" But he will deliver…","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":312,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-moment-of-hope-5247148/episodes/our-favorite-proverbs-proverbs-20-22/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-moment-of-hope-5247148/our-favorite-proverbs-proverbs-20-22.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}