Proverbs 24:29
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me.” I will repay each one according to his work.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
In Context
28Do not be a witness without cause against your neighbor. And do not mislead anyone with your lips.
30I passed by the field of a lazy man, and by the vineyard of a foolish man,
Cross References
Judges 15:11Then three thousand men of Judah descended to the cave of the rock at Etam. And they said to Samson: “Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why would you want to do this?” And he said to them, “As they have done to me, so I have done to them.”
Proverbs 20:22Do not say, “I will repay evil.” Wait for the Lord, and he will free you.
Matthew 5:39But I say to you, do not resist one who is evil, but if anyone will have struck you on your right cheek, offer to him the other also.
1 Thessalonians 5:15See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone. Instead, always pursue whatever is good, with one another and with all.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:29-30
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. 29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. We are here forbidden to be in any thing injurious to our neighbour, particularly in and by the forms of law, either, 1. As a witness: "Never bear a testimony against any man without cause, unless what thou sayest thou knowest to be punctually true and thou hast a clear call to testify it. Never bear a false testimony against… Read the whole commentary →