Devine Scripture

Proverbs 24:29

Proverbs chapter 24 · verse 29 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.28Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

v.29This passage

v.30I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Romans 12:17

    Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.

  • Proverbs 25:21

    If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

  • Matthew 5:39

    but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:15

    See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.

  • 2 Samuel 13:22

    And Absalom spake unto Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

  • Judges 15:11

    Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what then is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.