Proverbs 24:29 (BSB)

Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

From Proverbs 24. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 24:29

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 24:28-29: We are here forbidden to be in any thing injurious to our neighbour, particularly in and by the forms of law, either, 1. As a witness: "Never bear a testimony against any man without cause, unless what thou sayest thou knowest to be punctually true and thou hast a clear call to testify it.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 24:29: And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,.... Or "thistles" (y); which grow up of themselves, are the fruit of the curse, and the effect of slothfulness; and nettles had covered the face thereof; so that nothing was to be seen but thorns and thistles, nettles and weeds; and such is the case of the souls of men when neglected, and no concern is...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 24:29: Especially avoid retaliation (Mat 5:43-45; Rom 12:17).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 24:29: Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. (i) He shows what is the nature of the wicked, to revenge wrong for wrong.