2 Samuel 18:19

Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.”

Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

For we know him who said, “Vengeance belongs to me;” says the Lord, “I will repay.” Again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

He said to them, “Don’t hinder me, since Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.”

They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham’s servant, and his men.

“ ‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that faces the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river. The border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and ended at En Rogel.

The border went down to the farthest part of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward. It went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En Rogel.

David said, “As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.

Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, Seraiah was scribe,

The king said also to Zadok the priest, “Aren’t you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son. Send to me everything that you shall hear by them.”

Adonijah killed sheep, cattle, and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants;

While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said, “Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news.”

and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father’s house twenty-two captains.

Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.

I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.

Therefore Yahweh says: “Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.

Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh when I stretch out my hand on Egypt, and bring the children of Israel out from among them.”

Rejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take vengeance on his adversaries, and will make atonement for his land and for his people.

May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you.

Though men may rise up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies, as from the hollow of a sling.

Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, “Since people began to bring the offerings into Yahweh’s house, we have eaten and had enough, and have plenty left over, for Yahweh has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.”

Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.

Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.

Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.

I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I lay my vengeance on them.” ’ ”

therefore, as I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I will do according to your anger, and according to your envy which you have shown out of your hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them when I judge you.

I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.” ’

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh.” They did so.

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner in giving him food and clothing.

She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and lead the way to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

She said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth to Yahweh; do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, because Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the children of Ammon.”

David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

Behold, the Cushite came. The Cushite said, “News for my lord the king, for Yahweh has avenged you today of all those who rose up against you.”

If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.

For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.

May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.

Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.

“Now I will arise,” says Yahweh. “Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.

But we will certainly perform every word that has gone out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.

Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.” ’ ”

“When I make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that of which it was full, when I strike all those who dwell therein, then they will know that I am Yahweh.

“ ‘The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.’

They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.

Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”

They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb first.

Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.

that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, “Send me away to my master.”

They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! Yahweh has avenged my lord the king today of Saul, and of his offspring.”

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David. For they might not be seen to come into the city.

“But come what may,” he said, “I will run.” He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

even the God who executes vengeance for me, who brings down peoples under me,

Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz.

Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.

Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands.

But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.

to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.

An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”