Revenge

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.”

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

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.

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

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

“‘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.

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 I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

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

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword. — read the full passage →

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.

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.”

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; — read the full passage →

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

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

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. — read the full passage →

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — read the full passage →

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps, — read the full passage →

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

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.

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

So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom. — read the full passage →

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. — read the full passage →

Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven. — read the full passage →

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

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. — read the full passage →

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

God of my praise, don’t remain silent, — read the full passage →

When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing. — read the full passage →

Samson said to them, “If you behave like this, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.”

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.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

“When the Counselorhas come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me. — read the full passage →

When Saul was returned from following the Philistines, it was told him, saying, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.” — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works,

that the man slayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”

Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you. — read the full passage →

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers. — read the full passage →

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; — read the full passage →

For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil. — read the full passage →

Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. — read the full passage →

For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. — read the full passage →

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?” — read the full passage →

Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her. — read the full passage →

The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood. — read the full passage →

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” — read the full passage →

An oracle. Yahweh’s word concerning Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says: — read the full passage →

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended, and revenged himself on them; — read the full passage →

The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet. — read the full passage →

who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is his name; — read the full passage →

Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh. — read the full passage →

By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone. — read the full passage →

Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men. — read the full passage →

The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation! — read the full passage →

On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her. — read the full passage →

Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Jehoram his son reigned in his place. — read the full passage →

When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, “Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us, into our hand.” — read the full passage →

The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.” — read the full passage →

Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father. — read the full passage →

Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and tell Gog, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In that day when my people Israel dwells securely, shall you not know it? — read the full passage →

There was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Yahweh. Yahweh said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.” — read the full passage →

He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.

and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me”; and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.’” — read the full passage →

Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared. — read the full passage →

Yahweh has made everything for its own end— yes, even the wicked for the day of evil. — read the full passage →

In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers. — read the full passage →

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants: — read the full passage →

I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is. — read the full passage →

He said to them, “When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.” — read the full passage →

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God. — read the full passage →

Yet you say, Why doesn’t the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live. — read the full passage →

and I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says Yahweh. — read the full passage →

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue. — read the full passage →

so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off. — read the full passage →

Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn’t turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him. — read the full passage →

Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.” — read the full passage →

David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against Yahweh’s anointed, and be guiltless?” — read the full passage →

Rejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take vengeance on his adversaries, and will make atonement for his land and for his people.

and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face.

“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death, — read the full passage →

I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man. — read the full passage →

An oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. — read the full passage →

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. — read the full passage →

Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence, — read the full passage →

Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him. — read the full passage →

Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might. — read the full passage →