Proverbs 24:29
Say not, As he hath done to me so will I do to him: I will recompense every man according to his doing.
Leeser Tanakh
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 without cause a witness against thy neighbor; for wouldst thou beguile with thy lips?
30By the field of a slothful man I once passed along, and by the vineyard of a man void of sense:
Cross References
Judges 15:11Thereupon went three thousand men of Judah down to the cleft of the rock 'Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us? and what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
Proverbs 20:22Do not say, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the Lord, and he will help thee.
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 →