Romans 12:19
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19 Beloved, (A)do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, (B)“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 32:35
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35 (A)Vengeance is Mine, and recompense;
Their foot shall slip in due time;
(B)For the day of their calamity is at hand,
And the things to come hasten upon them.’
Hebrews 10:30
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30 For we know Him who said, (A)“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” [a]says the Lord. And again, (B)“The Lord will judge His people.”
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- Hebrews 10:30 NU omits says the Lord
Proverbs 24:29
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29 (A)Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.”
Proverbs 20:22
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- Proverbs 20:22 repay
Romans 12:17
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17 (A)Repay no one evil for evil. (B)Have[a] regard for good things in the sight of all men.
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- Romans 12:17 Or Provide good
1 Thessalonians 4:6
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6 that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord (A)is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified.
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Leviticus 19:18
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18 (A)You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, (B)but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
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Romans 12:14
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14 (A)Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
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Deuteronomy 32:43
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43 “Rejoice,(A) O Gentiles, with His [a]people;
For He will (B)avenge the blood of His servants,
And render vengeance to His adversaries;
He (C)will provide atonement for His land and His people.”
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- Deuteronomy 32:43 DSS fragment adds And let all the gods (angels) worship Him; cf. LXX and Heb. 1:6
Nahum 1:2-3
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God’s Wrath on His Enemies
2 God is (A)jealous, and the Lord avenges;
The Lord avenges and is furious.
The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies;
3 The Lord is (B)slow to anger and (C)great in power,
And will not at all acquit the wicked.
(D)The Lord has His way
In the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust of His feet.
Psalm 94:1-3
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God the Refuge of the Righteous
94 O Lord God, (A)to whom vengeance belongs—
O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!
2 Rise up, O (B)Judge of the earth;
[a]Render punishment to the proud.
3 Lord, (C)how long will the wicked,
How long will the wicked triumph?
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- Psalm 94:2 Repay with
Luke 6:27-29
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Love Your Enemies(A)
27 (B)“But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 (C)bless those who curse you, and (D)pray for those who spitefully use you. 29 (E)To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. (F)And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either.
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Matthew 5:39
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39 (A)But I tell you not to resist an evil person. (B)But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
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Romans 13:4
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4 For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.
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Proverbs 24:17-19
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17 (A)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18 Lest the Lord see it, and [a]it displease Him,
And He turn away His wrath from him.
19 (B)Do not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the wicked;
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- Proverbs 24:18 Lit. it be evil in His eyes
1 Samuel 25:33
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33 And blessed is your advice and blessed are you, because you have (A)kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand.
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1 Samuel 25:26
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26 Now therefore, my lord, (A)as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, since the Lord has (B)held you back from coming to bloodshed and from (C)avenging[a] yourself with your own hand, now then, (D)let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal.
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- 1 Samuel 25:26 Lit. saving yourself
Luke 9:55-56
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55 But He turned and rebuked them, [a]and said, “You do not know what manner of (A)spirit you are of. 56 [b]For (B)the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” And they went to another village.
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Ezekiel 25:12
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Proclamation Against Edom
12 ‘Thus says the Lord God: (A)“Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them,”
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