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Proverbs 24:29
29Do not say, ‘I will do to him the same thing that he did to me. I will punish him because of what he did.’
Proverbs 24:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me; I’ll pay them back for what they did.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do not say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”
Context of Proverbs 24:29
27Finish your work outside and prepare your fields. After that, you can build your house. 28If you do not know what is true, do not speak against your neighbour in court. Do not deceive people with what you say. Do not say, ‘I will do to him the same thing that he did to me. I will punish him because of what he did.’ 30I walked past the field of a lazy person. And I walked past the vineyard of a stupid person. 31There were weeds and thorn bushes over all the ground. The wall of stones round the field had fallen down.
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:29 word by word
אַל־תֹּאמַ֗ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָֽשָׂה־לִ֭י כֵּ֤ן אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לּ֑וֹ אָשִׁ֖יב לָאִ֣ישׁ כְּפָעֳלֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 24:29
- Proverbs 20:22Do not say, ‘I will pay you back for the evil thing you did to me.’ Trust the Lord to make it right for you.
- Proverbs 25:21If your enemy is hungry, give him something to eat. If he is thirsty, give him some water to drink.
- Matthew 5:39But what I tell you is this. If somebody does something bad to you, do not do anything against him. Somebody may slap you on one side of your face. Then you should also let him slap the other side of your face.
- Romans 12:17If someone has done bad things against you, do not do bad things back to them. Try to live in a good way so that people will respect you. They will see that you do good things.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15If someone does something bad against you, do not do anything bad against them in return. Never do that. Instead, always try to do good things that will help one other and help everyone else.
- Judges 15:11Then 3,000 men of Judah went to the cave where Samson was hiding. They said to him, ‘You know that the Philistines are our rulers. You are causing them to give us trouble.’ Samson said, ‘I have only done to them as they did to me.’
- 2 Samuel 13:22But Absalom would not say anything to Amnon, good or bad. He hated Amnon because he had brought shame on his sister, Tamar.
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:29
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29A protest against vindictiveness in every form. Compare marginal reference.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-29Verses 28-29 There are three defaults in a witness pointed out.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-29Saying 4: Do not twist the truth, even for revenge (see Proverbs 6:19; 12:17; 14:25; 19:28; 24:23–24; 25:18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. Especially avoid retaliation (Mt 5:43-45; Ro 12:17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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