Job 12:5

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

Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

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.”

In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.

and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

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

Joshua said to Achan, “My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him. Tell me now what you have done! Don’t hide it from me!”

My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away.

All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,

For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”

Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—

I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.

Then Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”

He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.”

“ ‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon himself.

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.

“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?

From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,

You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.

For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.

Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.

this is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning him. The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.

For, behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you.

All that pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth’?”

Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

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.

Therefore you shall make images of your tumors and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his hand from you, from your gods, and from your land.

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.

You must strike your master Ahab’s house, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel.

This is the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him: ‘The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.

My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,

They bray among the bushes. They are gathered together under the nettles .

He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.

Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.

Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

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

Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things.

The little one will become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation. I, Yahweh, will do this quickly in its time.”

Therefore Yahweh says, “Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people. The fathers and the sons together will stumble against them. The neighbor and his friend will perish.”

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed. They couldn’t blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. In the time of their visitation they will be cast down, says Yahweh.

to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head.

Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness. They will be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation,” says Yahweh.

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 I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and make its stars dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon won’t give its light.

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.

and, “a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.” For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.

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.”

Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,

“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.

My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.

But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up.

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it deep darkness.

The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.” ’

That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.