Retribution

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.

who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For we know him who said, “Vengeance belongs to me,” says the Lord, “I will repay.” Again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life, — read the full passage →

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ — read the full passage →

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.”

His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.”

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.

The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Yahweh, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?

he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God? — read the full passage →

For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

as I swore in my wrath, ‘They will not enter into my rest.’”

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. — read the full passage →

“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”

Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.

For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest”; although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

for which things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by him, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.

I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I amhe, you will die in your sins.”

The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. — read the full passage →

Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter therein, and they to whom the good news was before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”

But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.

When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things. — read the full passage →

They told the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,

Won’t God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?

Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth!” — read the full passage →

Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. — read the full passage →

I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God’s wrath is finished. — read the full passage →

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Heal me, O Yahweh, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise.

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall lay my vengeance on them.

Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong. Don’t be afraid. Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

giving vengeance to those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

For Yahweh has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

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

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.

Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out. — read the full passage →

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

If anyone injures his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him: — read the full passage →

Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

“‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. — read the full passage →

See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.

Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: “Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself on my enemies;

They told the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, — read the full passage →

I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” They went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them.

Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you, — read the full passage →

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.