Bible Verses About Vengeance

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

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

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 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.

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

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.

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.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

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

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

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

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

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

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:

In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?