Bible Verses About Retributive Justice

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

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.

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

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

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

But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

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

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

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

Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

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

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.

Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.

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

According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

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

And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:

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.

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?