Retaliation: General Scriptures Concerning
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Exodus 21:23–25
But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life— / eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, / burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
Leviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 24:17–22
And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death. / Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life. / If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
Deuteronomy 19:19–21
you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you. / Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you. / You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
Psalm 10:2
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
Proverbs 24:29
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
Proverbs 26:27
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
Isaiah 33:1
Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
Matthew 5:38–44
You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ / But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also; / if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
Matthew 7:1, 2
“Do not judge, or you will be judged. / For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Luke 9:52–56
He sent messengers on ahead, who went into a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him. / But the people there refused to welcome Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem. / When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”
Romans 12:17, 19
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. / Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 6:7, 8
The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? / Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!
1 Thessalonians 5:15
Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
1 Peter 3:9
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.