Proverbs 24:29
Do not say, “I will do to him what he has done to me; 1 I will pay him back for what he has done.” 1
Unlocked Literal 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 bear witness against your neighbor without cause 1 and do not deceive with your lips. 1
30I went by the field of a lazy man, 1 past the vineyard of the man having no sense. 1
Cross References
Judges 15:11Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in the cliff of Etam, and they said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What is this you have done to us?” Samson said to them, “They did to me, and so I have done to them.”
Proverbs 20:22Do not say, “I will pay you back for this wrong!” 1 Wait for Yahweh and he will rescue you. 1
Matthew 5:39But I say to you, do not resist one who is evil. Instead, whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
1 Thessalonians 5:15See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone. Instead, pursue what is good for one another and for 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 →