Proverbs 24:29
Don't say to yourself, “I'm going to do to him what he did to me! I'll pay him back for what he's done!”
Free Bible 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
28Don't testify against your neighbors without having a good reason, and don't tell lies.
30I walked past the field of a lazy man, past a vineyard of someone with no sense.
Cross References
Judges 15:11Three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam and asked Samson, “Don't you understand that the Philistines rule over us? What do you think you're doing to us?” “I only did what they did to me,” he replied.
Proverbs 20:22Don't say, “I'll get you back for doing me wrong.” Leave it to the Lord, and he'll help you.
Matthew 5:39But I tell you, don't resist someone who is evil. If someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other cheek to them as well.
1 Thessalonians 5:15Make sure none of you pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to one another, and to everyone.
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 →