Proverbs 24:29

29 Don't say, "I'll do to them what they did to me. I'll pay them back for their actions."

Proverbs 24:29 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 24:29

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me
He has falsely accused and reproached me, and bore a false testimony, or suborned false witnesses against me, and I will do the same to him, now an opportunity serves; but as private revenge itself is sinful, so especially when it is pursued in a wicked way; I will render to the man according to his work;
this should be left to the Lord, whose prerogative it is; see ( Proverbs 24:19 ) ( Romans 12:19 ) .

Proverbs 24:29 In-Context

27 Get your outside work done; make preparations in the field; then you can build your house.

28 Don't be a witness against your neighbor without reason; don't deceive with your lips.

29 Don't say, "I'll do to them what they did to me. I'll pay them back for their actions."

30 I happened upon the field of a lazy person, by the vineyard of one with no sense.

31 Thorns grew all over it; weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was falling down.