Proverbs 24:29
Say not, As he has treated me, so will I treat him, and I will avenge myself on him for that wherein he has injured me.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 false witness against your fellow citizen, neither exaggerate with your lips.
30A foolish man is like a farm, and a senseless man is like a vineyard.
Cross References
Judges 15:11And the three thousand men of Juda went down to the hole of the rock Etam, and they said to Sampson, Know you not that the Philistines rule over us? and what is this that you have done to us? and Sampson said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.
Proverbs 20:22Say not, I will avenge myself on my enemy; but wait on the Lord, that he may help you.
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 →