What does Proverbs 24:29 mean?

Proverbs 24:29 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Proverbs 24:29 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

27Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

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