Proverbs 24:29
Do not say—According to what he hath done to me, so, will I do to him, I will repay every one according to his work.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 become a needless witness against thy neighbour, so mightest thou open too wide thy lips:
30By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;
Cross References
Judges 15:11Then went down three thousand men out of Judah, unto the cleft of the crag Etam, and said unto Samson—Knowest thou not that the Philistines are lording it over us? What, then, is this thou hast done to us? And he said unto them, As they have done to me, so, have I done to them.
Proverbs 20:22Do not say, I will requite wrong! Wait thou for Yahweh that he may save thee.
Matthew 5:39But, I, tell you, not to resist evil,—Nay, whoever is smiting thee on the right cheek, turn to him, the other also;
1 Thessalonians 5:15See that none, evil for evil, unto any, do render: but, evermore, what is good, be pursuing, towards one another, and towards 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 →