Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”
⛓ Read Proverbs 24 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion3
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'Don't say, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work' parallels Paul's prohibition of repaying evil for evil (5:15), reinforcing the wisdom-tradition rejection of tit-for-tat retaliation.
Medium confidence'Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me' is the proverbial renunciation of retaliation behind 'offer also the other cheek' and not demanding goods back. Moderate Volume; reinforces the anti-lex-talionis thrust.
Medium confidence'Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done' directly parallels the prohibition of returning evil for evil in 12:17.
Medium confidenceEcho2
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
'Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me' — direct rejection of tit-for-tat, paralleling the non-resistance teaching.
Medium confidence'Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me' parallels Paul's preference to suffer wrong rather than retaliate through litigation. A faint, coherent wisdom echo within the same proverbial cluster as 20:22.
Low confidence