Proverbs 24:29
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
Berean Standard Bible
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 testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
30I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
Cross References
Judges 15:11In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.
Proverbs 20:22Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
Matthew 5:39But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
1 Thessalonians 5:15Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
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 →