Bible Verses About Retaliation

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;

Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:

God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.

But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.

Thus saith the Lord God; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.