Bible Verses About Revenge

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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 vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.

If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

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

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

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

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;

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.

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

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.

For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord God.

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:

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

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.

And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel.

It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

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

The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

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

Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.