Revenge: Forbidden by Our Lord
Source: TTT
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.
Proverbs 24:17, 29
Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles, / Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
Matthew 5:39–41
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; / and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
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 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.