Seeking 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 →

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

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

“‘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.

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

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.”

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’ — 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.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” — read the full passage →

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.

If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

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

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

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, — 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 →

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.

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

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. — read the full passage →

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

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 →

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

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.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

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

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. — read the full passage →

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — read the full passage →

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →

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

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

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.” — read the full passage →

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. — read the full passage →

If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. — read the full passage →

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. — read the full passage →

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

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.

A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

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.”

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?”

However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

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 →

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

You also once walked in those, when you lived in them; — 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 →

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.

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

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;

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with despite of soul to destroy with perpetual hostility;

For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous, — read the full passage →

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.

One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee’s house, and sat at the table. — read the full passage →

But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

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.

Who, when he was cursed, didn’t curse back. When he suffered, didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Let brotherly love continue.

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — 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 →

Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” — read the full passage →

But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together. — read the full passage →

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be on you.