Proverbs 24:29
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.
Darby Translation
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
28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?
30I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
Cross References
Judges 15:11Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the cliff Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us? And what is this that thou hast done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.
Proverbs 20:22Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee.
Matthew 5:39But *I* say unto you, not to resist evil; but whoever shall strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;
1 Thessalonians 5:15See that no one render to any evil for evil, but pursue always what is good towards one another and towards 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 →