Proverbs 20:22
New Living Translation
22 Don’t say, “I will get even for this wrong.”
Wait for the Lord to handle the matter.
Romans 12:17-19
New Living Translation
17 Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. 18 Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.
19 Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say,
“I will take revenge;
I will pay them back,”[a]
says the Lord.
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1 Thessalonians 5:15
New Living Translation
15 See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to all people.
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Proverbs 24:29
New Living Translation
29 And don’t say, “Now I can pay them back for what they’ve done to me!
I’ll get even with them!”
Proverbs 17:13
New Living Translation
13 If you repay good with evil,
evil will never leave your house.
1 Peter 3:9
New Living Translation
9 Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will grant you his blessing.
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Deuteronomy 32:35
New Living Translation
35 I will take revenge; I will pay them back.
In due time their feet will slip.
Their day of disaster will arrive,
and their destiny will overtake them.’
1 Peter 2:23
New Living Translation
23 He did not retaliate when he was insulted,
nor threaten revenge when he suffered.
He left his case in the hands of God,
who always judges fairly.
Matthew 5:39
New Living Translation
39 But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also.
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1 Peter 4:19
New Living Translation
19 So if you are suffering in a manner that pleases God, keep on doing what is right, and trust your lives to the God who created you, for he will never fail you.
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Psalm 27:14
New Living Translation
14 Wait patiently for the Lord.
Be brave and courageous.
Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.
2 Samuel 16:12
New Living Translation
12 And perhaps the Lord will see that I am being wronged[a] and will bless me because of these curses today.”
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- 16:12 As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads see my iniquity.
Isaiah 40:31
New Living Translation
31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.
Psalm 37:34
New Living Translation
34 Put your hope in the Lord.
Travel steadily along his path.
He will honor you by giving you the land.
You will see the wicked destroyed.
Lamentations 3:25-26
New Living Translation
25 The Lord is good to those who depend on him,
to those who search for him.
26 So it is good to wait quietly
for salvation from the Lord.
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