Bible Verses about Revenge

Revenge can be a powerful and tempting response when we feel wronged, but the Bible teaches us a different approach. Instead of seeking vengeance, it encourages us to leave justice in God’s hands and respond with love and forgiveness. In this blog post, we’ll explore Bible verses about revenge that guide us on how to handle hurt and anger in a way that honors God. These scriptures offer wisdom on how to find peace and let go of the desire for revenge, showing us a better path to healing and reconciliation.

Bible Verses about Revenge

Genesis 4:15 – Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him.

Leviticus 19:18 – You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

Deuteronomy 32:35 – Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.’

2 Samuel 22:48 – The God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me,

1 Kings 18:10 – As the Lord your God lives, there is neither nation nor kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. And when they would say, ‘He is not here,’ he would take an oath of the kingdom or nation that they had not found you.

2 Kings 9:7 – You shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, so that I may avenge on Jezebel the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord.

Psalm 94:1 – O Lord, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth!

Psalm 99:8 – O Lord our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.

Psalm 135:14 – For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.

Proverbs 20:22 – Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.

Proverbs 24:29 – Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.”

Isaiah 34:8 – For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

Isaiah 63:4 – For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and my year of redemption had come.

Jeremiah 51:36 – Therefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry.

Lamentations 3:34 – He does not overlook the rights of the people.

Ezekiel 25:14 – And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they shall act in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord God.

Romans 12:19 – Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Hebrews 10:30 – For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

Deuteronomy 32:41 – If I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and will repay those who hate me.

Matthew 5:38 – “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’

Matthew 5:39 – But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Matthew 5:44 – But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Luke 6:27 – “But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Luke 6:28 – bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

Luke 6:29 – To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.

Luke 6:30 – Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.

Romans 12:17 – Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

Romans 12:21 – Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

1 Thessalonians 5:15 – See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.

1 Peter 2:23 – When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.

Revelation 6:10 – They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

Revelation 11:18 – The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”

Revelation 16:5 – And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, “Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you brought these judgments.

Revelation 19:2 – Because his judgments are true and just. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”

Revelation 19:11 – Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.

Exodus 21:24 – Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Leviticus 24:20 – Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him.

Proverbs 25:21 – If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

Proverbs 25:22 – For you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.

Job 31:29 – “Have I rejoiced at the calamity of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him?

Proverbs 17:13 – If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.

Exodus 22:24 – And my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

Psalm 7:11 – God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day.

Psalm 56:6 – They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.

2 Thessalonians 1:6 – since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

1 Peter 3:9 – Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

Isaiah 35:4 – Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.”

Jeremiah 51:11 – “Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for his temple.

Ezekiel 25:12 – “Thus says the Lord God: ‘Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance on them,’

Ezekiel 25:15 – “Thus says the Lord God: ‘Because the Philistines acted revengefully and took vengeance with malice of soul to destroy with never-ending enmity,’

Psalm 7:9 – Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous— you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!

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