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- Chapter 24
- Verse 29
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.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
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;…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
A protest against vindictiveness in every form. Compare marginal reference.
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…
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