Proverbs 24:29
אַל ־ תֹּאמַר כַּאֲשֶׁר עָֽשָׂה ־ לִי כֵּן אֶֽעֱשֶׂה ־ לּוֹ אָשִׁיב לָאִישׁ כְּפָעֳלֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
28אַל ־ תְּהִי עֵד ־ חִנָּם בְּרֵעֶךָ וַהֲפִתִּיתָ בִּשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ ׃
30עַל ־ שְׂדֵה אִישׁ ־ עָצֵל עָבַרְתִּי וְעַל ־ כֶּרֶם אָדָם חֲסַר ־ לֵֽב ׃
Cross References
Judges 15:11וַיֵּרְדוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ מִֽיהוּדָה אֶל ־ סְעִיף סֶלַע עֵיטָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ לְשִׁמְשׁוֹן הֲלֹא יָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי ־ מֹשְׁלִים בָּנוּ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וּמַה ־ זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ לָּנוּ וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לִי כֵּן עָשִׂיתִי לָהֶֽם ׃
Proverbs 20:22אַל ־ תֹּאמַר אֲשַׁלְּמָה ־ רָע קַוֵּה לַֽיהוָה וְיֹשַֽׁע לָֽךְ ׃
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 →