Proverbs 24:29
24:28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.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
Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
What does Proverbs 24:29 mean?
Proverbs 24:29 is a verse in the book of Proverbs, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָמַר (ʼâmar), עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh), שׁוּב (shûwb). It connects to 14 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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HENRY_FULL · Proverbs 24:28–29
Cross-references
Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. A wholesome: Heb. The healing of the tongue
Proverbs 28:28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Proverbs 29:2When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. in: or, increased
Matthew 24:45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Luke 12:43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Luke 12:44Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
John 12:26If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
John 14:3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Romans 13:1Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God the powers that be are ordained of God. ordained: or, ordered
Philippians 3:12Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Revelation 3:20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Revelation 3:21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Revelation 21:3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
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Verses like this
Other verses that share key original-language words with Proverbs 24:29.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass
Genesis 1:26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 2:18And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet: Heb. as before him
Genesis 2:23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Woman: Heb. Isha Man: Heb. Ish
Genesis 20:7Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea: Heb. Yea, because, etc.
Genesis 3:13And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Genesis 3:14And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Frequently asked questions
What does Proverbs 24:29 say?
Proverbs 24:29 (King James Version) reads: "Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work."
Is Proverbs 24:29 in the Old or New Testament?
Proverbs 24:29 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Proverbs.
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