Mishle 24:29

29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the ish according to his work.

Mishle 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 ) .

Mishle 24:29 In-Context

27 Set in order thy outside work, and make ready for thyself in the sadeh; then afterwards build thine bais.

28 Be not an ed (witness) against thy re’a without cause, and deceive not with thy sfatayim (lips).

29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the ish according to his work.

30 I went by the sadeh of the ish atzel (sluggard, lazy one), and went past the kerem (vineyard) of the adam chasar lev (the man void of lev [of understanding]),

31 And, hinei, it was all grown over with thorns, and charullim (nettles) had covered the surface thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.