2 Thessalonians 1:6
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6 For it is indeed just of God to repay with affliction those who afflict you
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Colossians 3:25
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25 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for whatever wrong has been done, and there is no partiality.(A)
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Zechariah 2:8
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8 For thus said the Lord of hosts after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you: Truly, one who touches you touches the apple of my eye.[a](A)
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- 2.8 Heb his eye
Psalm 94:20-23
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20 Can wicked rulers be allied with you,
those who contrive mischief by statute?(A)
21 They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.(B)
22 But the Lord has become my stronghold
and my God the rock of my refuge.(C)
23 He will repay them for their iniquity
and wipe them out for their wickedness;
the Lord our God will wipe them out.(D)
Deuteronomy 32:41-43
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41 when I whet my flashing sword
and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and will repay those who hate me.(A)
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the long-haired enemy.’(B)
43 Praise, O heavens,[a] his people;
worship him, all you gods![b]
For he will avenge the blood of his children[c]
and take vengeance on his adversaries;
he will repay those who hate him[d]
and cleanse the land for his people.”[e](C)
Revelation 6:10
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10 they cried out with a loud voice, “Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?”(A)
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Isaiah 49:26
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26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
that I am the Lord your Savior
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.(A)
Psalm 74:22-23
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22 Rise up, O God, plead your cause;
remember how the impious scoff at you all day long.(A)
23 Do not forget the clamor of your foes,
the uproar of your adversaries that goes up continually.(B)
Exodus 23:22
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22 “But if you listen attentively to his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.(A)
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Revelation 19:2
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2 for his judgments are true and just;
he has judged the great whore[a]
who corrupted the earth with her prostitution,
and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”(A)
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- 19.2 Or prostitute
Revelation 11:18
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18 The nations raged,
but your wrath has come,
and the time for judging the dead,
for rewarding your servants, the prophets
and saints and all who fear your name,
both small and great,
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”(A)
Psalm 79:10-12
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10 Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
be known among the nations before our eyes.(A)
11 Let the groans of the prisoners come before you;
according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die.(B)
12 Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors
the taunts with which they taunted you, O Lord!(C)
Revelation 15:4
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4 Lord, who will not fear
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
and worship before you,
for your judgments have been revealed.”(A)
Revelation 18:24
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24 And in you[a] was found the blood of prophets and of saints
and of all who have been slaughtered on earth.”(A)
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- 18.24 Gk her
Revelation 18:20
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20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints and apostles and prophets! For God has condemned her condemnation of you.(A)
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Revelation 16:5-6
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5 And I heard the angel of the waters say,
“You are just, O Holy One, who are and were,
for you have judged these things;(A)
6 because they shed the blood of saints and prophets,
you have given them blood to drink.
It is what they deserve!”
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