Proverbs 24:30

"Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”"

Key Reflection

This verse encourages a spirit of forgiveness and not seeking retribution. It warns against responding with the same evil actions one has endured, instead urging a higher moral ground where one forgives as God does, even when wronged.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The chapter ends with an apologue, which may be taken as a parable of something yet deeper. The field and the vineyard are more than the man’s earthly possessions. His neglect brings barrenness or desolation to the garden of the soul. The “thorns” are evil habits that choke the good seed, and the “nettles” are those that are actually hurtful and offensive to others. The “wall” is the defense which laws and rules give to the inward life, and which the sluggard learns to disregard, and the “poverty” is the loss of the true riches of the soul, tranquility, and peace, and righteousness.

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